China?s Great Leap Forward (GLF) of 1958-61, a campaign of unprecedented mobilization efforts to achieve rapid industrialization, ended as a catastrophe. National grain production collapsed and a widespread famine claimed millions of human lives. This paper reviews a growing economic literature...

This study shows that China.s post-1949 state-led industrialization has closely followed an underlying path that began in the late nineteenth century. It was initiated by pressing national defence needs and has since been motivated by the same and strong incentives for a faster catch-up with the...

Within the context of contemporary economic reforms looks at the use of labour resources, focusing on labour efficiency and the problem of low labour Motivation.

Russia's agricultural sector has potential to make a significant contribution to global food supply in the coming century. The country's agriculture is now, however, under-performing. Production continues to decline and productivity is low. At a time when world grain stocks are at historic lows,...

Die Probleme der ehemals sowjetischen Wirtschaft sind so komplex, und die Steuerbarkeit der Entwicklungen durch die Politik ist so eingeschränkt, daß sich die ordnungspolitischen Reformerfahrungen aus anderen Ländern kaum übertragen lassen. Um die Erfolge der Reformen messen zu können, ist...