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...

Since the beginning of transition in 1990 from a centrally planned to a market oriented economy, the performance of Poland's economy has been outstanding if we take GDP growth as our measure. In our opinion it is not specific reforms that can explain this performance but the radical ("big bang")...

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...