Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Soviet blueprint -- 3. Elements of transition -- 4. Performance -- 5. Creating a market economy -- 6. Conclusions.
During the 1990s over two dozen countries in Europe and Asia underwent a transition from centrally planned to more market-oriented economies. In Constructing a Market Economy, Richard Pomfret reviews their diverse experiences and assesses the outcome of transition in each case. The book includes an extensive review of empirical evidence and, uniquely, aims to cover all the transition economies in a comparative fashion rather than focusing on any particular country