Beschreibung:
This collection of essays discusses the problems of repositioning the new Eastern economies globally. It focuses on freeing up foreign economic sectors; trade payments; active participation in key international finance organizations; and international economic assistance to ease adjustment costs.
1 Introduction, 2 The Political Economy of External Transformation, 3 Transition, the World Economy, and Economic Unions, 4 Post-CMEA Trade and Payments Arrangements in the East, 5 The New East in Multilateral Economic Organizations, 6 Official Western Assistance for the Transition of the East, 7 Assistance to the Transition Economies and North- South Cooperation, 8 The West's Experience and the East, Agents Involved in Transferring the West's Experience, The Modernizing Capacity of Western Assistance, Can the West Change Management Styles in the East? , Developing Services in the PETs, Training and Molding New Economic Behavior, Conclusions, 9 Specialization for Eastern Europe and Access to EC Markets.