Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54051 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/41
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The paper analyses the 20-year experience with transition in the SEE countries in a comparative framework, illustrating how these countries encountered difficulties in its implementation, despite having some of the best starting conditions in 1989 to implement a swift transition to a market economy. The paper recalls the initial conditions in the SEE region in 1989, macroeconomic performance and progress achieved in the various transition-related economic reforms. The international issues are also addressed related to the post-2000 integration of the SEE countries with the EU and among themselves. The paper also reflects on the main factors that are responsible for delays in transition in SEE related to political instability, delayed integration with the EU, and inappropriate economic policies.
Subjects: 
economic transition
Southeast Europe
economic development
institutional change
EU integration
JEL: 
P20
P27
P30
P33
O10
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-278-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
224.15 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.