Nach dem Erlangen der Unabhängigkeit 1991, begannen die baltischen Staaten - Lettland, Litauen und Estland - durch eine starke Transformation mit der Überführung ihrer Gesellschaften, getragen durch wirtschaftliche und soziale Reformen und die Integration in den Europa- und Weltmarkt. Die...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was the beginning of one of the most interesting natural experiments in recent history. The East German transition from a Communist state to part of the Federal Republic of Germany abruptly created a new social order as old institutions were abolished and new...

The evolution of Vietnam's political economy is unlike that of any other nation in the world today. No other country has endured so much uncertainty, hostility, occupation, civil war, political transition, or rapid economic change. If the time period from 1842 through 1975 in Vietnam was marked...