The rapid changes in the transition economies must be evaluated in a comparative context. This paper provides a … extent and speed with which the structures of the transition economies are converging towards other country groups ranked … according to income levels. This exercise provides an alternate measure of transition "success" which is grounded in …

This paper uses the BEEPS firm-level data to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed … cover thousands of firms from virtually all transition countries over a long time period (1996-99 through 2002-05), as well … convergence of transition countries with developed market economies in a number of dimensions. The pattern of growth at the …

transition countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary). We compare the relative technical efficiency of East …

In this paper we test the hypothesis that the economic transition toward a market economy increases the efficiency of … that the technical efficiency of the companies has indeed increased during the transition, while allocative efficiency has …

The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty in Ukraine during transition … in transition, including the relatively low importance of unemployment and the existence of poverty even among households … with employment. Poverty determinants change over time in line with the experience of transition and restructuring. …

The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty inUkraine during transition … transition, including the relatively lowimportance of unemployment and the existence of poverty even among households …