Contrary to expectations and announcements of policy makers in transition economies, privatization has taken longer … privatization and thus transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. Part I describes the command economy legacy … presents preliminary results from Poland's privatization experience. Part III identifies the anticipated and unanticipated …

The aim of the present paper is to discuss the role of the Mass Privatization Programme (MPP) in Poland, as a vehicle …, as a novel way of effective privatization of firms involved coupled with their overhaul and in-depth restructuring …. Unlike similar mass privatization schemes in other transition economies (e.g. Russia, Czech Republic or Slovakia) the Polish …

and legal reasons. There is some hesitation about privatization, as for foreign direct investment, and, where accepted …, about the precise timing. Where privatization of basic service monopolies occurs, the role of the state shifts towards a …

all the post-communist countries have become market economies and have achieved macroeconomic stability. Privatization was … has occurred. What went wrong? How could privatization be done better, or be defended? What should be done to defend … private enterprise in the future? This paper argues that the nature of privatization is far less important than the …