Das vorliegende Buch befaßt sich mit Umweltfragen in den Transformationsländern. Dabei stehen weniger Berichte über den momentanen Zustand der Umwelt auf dem Programm, als vielmehr Analysen darüber, unter welchen Aspekten dort Umweltprobleme behandelt und Umweltpolitik betrieben werden. Es...

Housing finance markets in Central and Eastern European countries are typically small in scale and under-developed, though it is generally recognized that fostering housing finance markets contributes to economic development and brings social benefits to the public. This book presents a...

The similarities and differences between the transition experiences of the Central European countries and the People's Republic of China are often, wrongly, taken as alternative approaches to the same problem. In reality, there is great complexity, not only in the environments of these two great...

Ten years into the transition, newly emerging private enterprises in transition economies, usually described as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the international context, have come to play an increasingly important role as the driving engines of economic growth and employment...

Housing policies of the central and eastern European countries are changing dramatically. Governments as suppliers of housing for the public are being replaced by market mechanisms in the private sector. To facilitate the development of housing markets, establishing well-functioning housing...