Since 1990, countries in emerging Europe and Central Asia have undergone comprehensive economic transformation. These reforms helped achieve an impressive degree of income convergence toward the levels of the advanced economies, although at the cost of rising inequality and lower life...

Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to...

Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. This paper advances the hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that provides deeper insights into economic performance...

Das vorliegende Sammelwerk untersucht in 13 Beiträgen den Verlauf der wirtschaftlichen Anpassung in den Staaten Polen, Ungarn, Ukraine, Kroatien und Slowenien. Die Entwicklungsprozesse und Erfahrungen dieser Länder werden verglichen und ihre Parallelen untersucht. Zudem werden...