CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research prepared an Ukrainian translation of Oleh Havrylyshyn's publication "A quarter century of economic reforms in Ukraine: too late, too slow, too little". The first aim of this paper is to describe the main developments in the Ukrainian economy since its...

While many observers thought it was premature for Czech Prime Minister Klaus to suggest in 1995 the transition was over except for fine-tuning , as we approach the 20th year after the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989,-and the 18th after the dissolution of the Soviet Union at Byelovezha-...

CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research prepared an Ukrainian translation of Oleh Havrylyshyn's publication "A quarter century of economic reforms in Ukraine: too late, too slow, too little". The first aim of this paper is to describe the main developments in the Ukrainian economy since its...

This paper analyzes the determinants of growth in 25 transition economies during 1990-97. The paper`s main finding is that macroeconomic stabilization, structural reform, and reduction of government expenditures are key to achieving sustainable growth. Although the initial effect of reforms on...

This paper looks at the progress in transition and the geographic diversification of trade, focusing on two issues--the degree of trade openness and trade integration--for a sample of countries in transition. It concludes that about half of the group of countries sampled are becoming as open as...