ABSTRACT
Economists have moved in recent years beyond analyzing the manner in which the macroeconomies of different countries function and prescribing appropriate policies for dealing with domestic and external imbalances. Increasingly, they have sought to understand the complex interaction between political and economic phenomena. This book considers issues of economic reform in a broad range of settings:
* developed countries
* transition countries
* developing countries
Using country specific cases such as Uzbekistan, Burma and Haiti, it focuses on those territories which have encountered problems reforming, allowing the reader to gain an accurate understanding of the factors that inhibit the success of economic reform, the different context in which economic reform is attempted, and the different challenges that individual countries face.
An international team of contributors including Bo Södersten, Deepak Lal and Ron Findlay have been brought together to analyze these topical issues, making this an informative and thought-provoking book, of interest to those involved in the field of development studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|92 pages
Developed countries
chapter 2|24 pages
Stable growth with slow andexpensive adjustments
chapter 5|26 pages
The political economy of reform failure and macroeconomic mismanagement
part II|123 pages
Transition countries
chapter 8|27 pages
Bulgaria
part III|97 pages
Developing countries