Economies in Transition: Comparing Asia and Eastern EuropeWing Thye Woo, Stephen Parker, Jeffrey Sachs In 1994, the Asia Foundation's Center for Asian Pacific Affairs began a two-year project to compare the transitions of selected East European and Asian economies from centrally-planned communist systems to market economies. The goal was to shed light on the transition process through an understanding of the underlying economic and institutional dynamics. This volume is the culmination of that project.The volume is divided into three parts. In the first part, an overview, the editors review the authors' findings and highlight major themes. The second part looks closely at the transition process in seven Asian and East European economies: China, Vietnam, Mongolia, Russia, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. The third part contains six comparative studies that explore key elements of the transition process. The papers incorporate feedback obtained from meetings with cabinet members and high government officials, conferences, and seminars in Prague, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Beijing, Ulan Bator, and Washington, D.C. Contributors |
Contents
Past Successes and Future | 19 |
Transition to a Private Property Regime in the Czech Republic | 41 |
Mongolias Transition to a Democratic Market System | 103 |
The Polish Way to the Market Economy 19891995 | 131 |
The Ups and Downs of Russian Economic Reforms | 161 |
Transition to a Market Economy in Viet Nam | 189 |
East Asian Lessons from Economic Reforms | 217 |
An Overview of Stabilization Issues Facing Economies | 243 |
A Comparison | 257 |
Improving the Performance of Enterprises in Transition | 299 |
Environmental Protection during the Transition to a Market | 357 |
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