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Institutional Reforms, Private Sector, and Economic Growth in Africa
Okey, Mawussé K. N. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of institutional reforms on the revival of African economies. We study the impact of positive changes in business environment indicators of the Doing Business project and the Economic Freedom Index of the Heritage Foundation on the private sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275345
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Twenty Years Later and the Socialist Heritage is still Kicking: the Case of Russia
Ofer, Gur - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
Only recently, 20 years after transition to a market system, has Russia regained a similar production level it had … achieved on the eve of transition in 1991. This may sound surprising, given its low productivity under central planning which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493677
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Inequality and Transformation of Social Structures in Transitional Economies.
Mikhalev, V. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000
The transition to a market economy in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union has been associated with greater … Structure during the Transition' analyses trends in social stratification and their causes with the aim of drawing social policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661044
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Transition in Southeast Europe: Understanding Economic Development and Institutional Change
Uvalic, Milica - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
The paper analyses the 20-year experience with transition in the SEE countries in a comparative framework, illustrating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493697
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Institutional Reforms Debate and FDI Flows to MENA Region: Does One .Best. Fit All?
Mina, Wasseem Michel - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
The paper revisits the policy debate on institutional reform approaches to property rights protection and empirically examines it in the context of FDI flows to the Middle East and Northern Africa region (MENA).Using panel data on 11 MENA countries for the period 1991.2007 and adopting feasible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366439
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European Transition at Twenty
Berglöf, Erik; Bruynooghe, Lise; Harmgart, Heike; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
This study gauges the status of transition in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Central … managerial practices; and assesses transition progress at the level of 13 economic sectors. The largest transition gaps remain in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008672346
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Lessons from the Transition Economies: Putting the Success Stories of the Postcommunist World into a Broader Perspective
Popov, Vladimir - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
Why many transition economies succeeded by pursuing policies that are so different from the radical economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973344
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The Long-Run Weight of Communism or the Weight of Long-Run History?
Roland, Gerald - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
institutional change, values and beliefs in transition countries have not changed much over the last 20 years. Evidence suggests …. Current institutional evolutions in transition countries might be more affected by their long run past than by the communist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490134
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The Travails of Unification: East Germany's Economic Transition since 1990
Maier, Charles S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
The former German Democratic Republic underwent a unique post-communist transition because it was absorbed into the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493676
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Reform and Inequality during the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Houshold Survey Data, 1990-2006
Milanovic, Branko; Ersado, Lire - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
This paper, using for the first time household survey data from 26 post-communist countries, covering the period 1990-2005, examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of these economies. We find that, after controlling
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493689