Theory tells us that weak rule of law and institutions deter cross-border integration, deter investment relative to trade, and inhibit trade finance. Drawing on a survey of more than 300 Chinese enterprises that are doing or have done business in North Korea, we consider how informal...

After completing the painful transition of the 1990s, former communist countries enjoyed a period of rapid economic growth which was underpinned by three groups of factors: (i) benefits of market reforms and transition-related restructuring in the 1990s; (ii) increasing participation in the...

He obtained his B.A. in Law from the University of Tokyo in 1980. Currently, he is the Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Before joining JICA in July 2009, he held multiple positions in Diplomatic Services. He served as Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia...

Sociólogo de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. En la actualidad, es el Director de Cooperación con América Latina y el Caribe en la Agencia Española de Cooperación para el Desarrollo (AECID). Con anterioridad a su actual cargo, trabajó para la AECID, como Coordinador de la Cooperación...

He is a sociologist graduated from the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. He is currently Director of Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Agencia Española de Cooperación para el Desarrollo - AECID). In the past, he...

Se graduó en Derecho en la Universidad de Tokio en 1980. En la actualidad, es Vicepresidente de la Agencia de Cooperación Internacional del Japón (JICA). Antes de ingresar a la JICA en julio de 2009, desempeño varios cargos en el Servicio Diplomático de su país. Fue Ministro de la Embajada...

In this paper, we conduct a meta-analysis of studies that empirically examine the relationship between economic transformation and foreign direct investment (FDI) performance in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union over the past two decades. More specifically, we synthesize the...

How important are agglomeration economies for the location of foreign manufacturing plants? We investigate this question by combining innovations from previous studies and by taking advantage of a quasi-experimental setting: the political and economic transition in Romania. The recent, sudden...

A flexible approach to direct inflation targeting is a viable monetary policy choice for transition economies that is believed to facilitate both the economic transition and the monetary convergence to the euro. Following this assumption, an analytical model investigating the link between the...

Many believe that an important benefit from membership in international organizations is the lessening of political constraints to domestic reforms which would, ultimately, generate greater trade openness, FDI inflows and economic growth. These ideas have received limited empirical testing. This...