IMF Staff Papers, Special Issue, May 2002 Transition Economies: How Much Progress?

• Author: Ratna Sahay/Oleh Havrylyshyn/Rick Haas
• Pages: 7-

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This special volume of IMF Staff Papers takes stock of the economic transformation in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The papers were written by IMF staff and distinguished academics who were invited to contribute to the volume. Some of these papers were presented at the American Economic Association meeting in Boston in January 2000.

Ten Years of Transition: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Stanley Fischer (Citigroup)

The Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: The Experiences of Two Resident Representatives

Mark Allen and Richard Haas (IMF)

Ten Years After... Transition and Economics

Gérard Roland (University of California, Berkeley)

Recovery and Growth in Transition: A Decade of Evidence

Oleh Havrylyshyn (IMF)

Escaping the Under-Reform Trap

Anders Åslund (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,) Peter Boone(London School of Economics), and Simon Johnson (MIT)

What Moves Capital to Transition Economies?

Pietro Garibaldi (Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi), Nada Mora (MIT), Ratna Sahay (IMF), and Jeromin Zettelmeyer (IMF)

The Gains from Privatization in Transition Economies: Is "Change of Ownership" Enough?

Clifford Zinnes (IRIS, University of...