fall of the Berlin Wall and given a mandate to foster the transition to a market economy by investing primarily in private … poverty to one-half its 1990 level by 2015. This paper assesses the role of MDBs in fostering development or transition …

This paper investigates the extent of integration of the transition economies into the world economy. We find that …

This paper analyses the anti-corruption activities of 24 transition countries in the period 1999-2002. These activities … transition countries, omnibus anti-corruption programmes and membership in international anti-corruption conventions have not led …

. Energy intensity (defined as energy use per GDP) has decreased in the course of transition, but progress has been uneven and … most transition countries still use several times as much energy per unit of output as their Western peers. This paper …

This paper examines the different strategies adopted by individuals in transition economies to cope with labour market … restructuring. Using micro-data from seven countries at different stages of transition, we focus on “active” coping strategies, in … and is more significant in the advanced transition countries of central Europe, where entrepreneurs tend to be male …

This paper examines the performance of 515 banks in 16 transition economies for the years 1994-99 based on their public …

stabilisation and structural reforms – as determinants of growth in transition economies during the first 10 years. The paper has …