The main aims of this contribution are threefold: (1) To identify the main problems and challenges of adjustment in transition economies in post-communist Europe; (2) To assess the success with which the transition economies have been able to address those challenges through domestic...

We examine in this paper the effects of WTO Accession on policy-making and institutional reforms in transition countries. This is done by looking at the experience of those transition countries which are already Members of the WTO and/or which have recently acceded. We start by trying to...

The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the GATS/Telecom Agreement. This is done by looking at the guiding principles for negotiating market access for foreign investors, by comparing the Agreement with the Telecom Agreement under NAFTA and by discussing the merits of the multilateral approach...