Transition requires the reallocation of resources across activities through closure of inefficient firms and the creation of new firms. It also requires restructuring of existing firms where improvements in performance are feasible. Both processes are closely tied together and are aimed at...

The contagion effects emanating from the recent East Asian turmoil provide an interesting test of the strength of the foundations for macroeconomic and financial stability laid by the post-communist transition and how this strength varies across central and eastern Europe and the CIS. The...

How have tax systems, whose primary role is to raise resources to finance public expenditures, evolved in the transition countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union? Mitra and Stern find that: (1) the ratio of tax revenue-to-GDP decreased largely due to a fall in revenue from...

In the last twenty years economics has created much of lasting value and real potential: it has been a very fertile period. But economics has also suffered from what I shall term „collective amnesia? covering whole areas of public policy. And on policy and the role of government it has,...

Intro -- Contents -- Cover -- Title -- ABOUT THIS BOOK v -- INTRODUCTION 1 -- OPENING ADDRESS 9 -- KEYNOTE ADDRESSES Scale, Results, and Development 15 -- Trade and Poverty -- Trade, Growth, and Poverty-A Selective Survey 47 -- Doha and the World Poverty Targets 91 -- Africa's Future: Industrial...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Fifty Years of Development -- Building a Climate for Investment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction in India -- Globalization, Reform, and Poverty Reduction: The Challenge and Implications for Indonesia -- Investing in Education and Institutions: The...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Introduction TRADE FACILITATION AND STANDARDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: AN OVERVIEW -- 1 IMPROVING MARKET ACCESS THROUGH STANDARDS COMPLIANCE -- 2 BRIDGING THE STANDARDS DIVIDE -- 3 STANDARDS,...