This book examines, theoretically and empirically, the key aspects and differences of economic growth. It provides a comprehensive investigation of the numerous features of development in transition countries, covering the last two decades, from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the current...

The 2008 financial crisis and subsequent Great Recession created a second major employment shock in less than a generation in several transition economies. In particular, youth unemployment rates, which are usually higher than adult rates in normal times, reached extremely high levels and partly...

Machine generated contents note: Foreword IntroductionGrowth and Structural Features of Transition: Theoretical Framework and General OverviewGovernance, Institutions and Growth: Empirical Lessons from the Post-Communist TransitionHuman capital and social capital as interacting factors of...