The authors' main objective in this project was to study the options available to East Germany as it faces into the need to design policies that will take it from the immediate post-transition situation towards the EU average standard of living. After the initial transition, East Germany had a...

Numerous studies and publications pay attention to the evolution of human capital and the direction of their connection with development and democracy. Although from a conceptual point of view, human capital does not have sufficient explanatory power, the assumption that the performance of...

Bolivia's macroeconomic performance in the period 1994 to 1998 is analyzed and compared with the performance in former periods and the performance of other developing countries (grouped according to income, region, and debt status). This allows to assess what has been achieved in Bolivia since...