The paper covers seven transition countries the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and … Romania. Section 1 describes the changing patterns of value added by broad sector, showing the process of de-agrarization, de …

The transition countries approach EU enlargement with GDP growth outperforming the 'old' EU. In 2003, Poland's economy … some moderate slowdown in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. A definite growth slowdown was only …

Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. A challenge to the enlarged Union's (EU … membership are heterogeneous. Three of them, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania, have acquired candidate status; their economies are …

player and a regulator of financial markets. In our empirical case-studies on the transformation process in Poland, Romania …

Poland's economy has been outstanding if we take GDP growth as our measure. It is not specific reforms that can explain this …-friendly governments were voted out of office, the new governments in Poland never reversed reforms undertaken by the previous government …

abilities of the relevant country. In Poland, during 20 years of comprehensive systemic shift, GDP increased more than in any … competitiveness or in growth in terms of quantity, but also social and cultural aspects should be taken into account. In Poland, there … theories. Poland's transformation can be seen as a success, but only to the extent of achieving two-thirds of its potential. …