Globalization and economic diversification policy challenges for economies in transition
"This volume brings together new contributions from renowned academic scholars, from experts on economies in transition and from the United Nations, the European Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as well as other international agencies. It aims to answer fundamental qu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic
2011.
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| Colección: | Bloomsbury OA ebooks.
United Nations series on development. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Globalization, transition and economic diversification / Rob Vos and Malinka Koparanova
- Institutions and diversification of the economies in transition / Paul G. Hare
- The role of the business environment in explaining the performance of countries and firms / Simon Commander and Katrin Tinn
- International trade and economic diversification: Patterns and policies in the transition economies / Michael A. Landesmann
- Annex
- Explaining patterns of trade between the CIS and the EU and China / Malinka Koparanova and Hung-Yi Li
- Introduction: Patterns of foreign direct investment in economies in transition / Kálmán Kalotay
- Foreign direct investment in transition economies: Strengthening the gains from integration / Saul Estrin and Klaus E. Meyer
- Remittances and development in transition economies / Robert C. Shelburne José Palacín
- Appendix: Remittance Inflows by value and percentage of GDP, 2004-2007
- Appendix: Problems in Measuring Remittance Flows
- Agricultural Reforms, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central Asia / Max Spoort.
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Editors; About other Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction: Globalization, transition and economic diversification; External conditions and growth in the economies in transition; Market reforms and diversification; Integration through trade and FDI flows; Foreign direct investments and economic diversification; Migration, human capital and agricultural development; The way forward; Chapter 2 Institutions and diversification of the economies in transition; Introduction; Conditions for growth; Integration in the world economy; Economic diversification.
- The role of institutions: Implications and challenges for economic policy; Conclusion: Institutions and diversification; References; Chapter 3 The role of the business environment in explaining the performance of countries and firms; Introduction; Country-level analysis; Business environment and country performance; Firm-level analysis; Measures of the business environment and policy; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4 International trade and economic diversification: Patterns and policies in the transition economies; Introduction; "Les grandes différences" between the NMS and NIS.
- Specialization and trade diversification: some comments; What is to be done?; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Explaining patterns of trade between the CIS and the EU and China; Introduction; Stylized facts about trade, growth and reforms in the CIS; Econometric model; Data and regression results; Conclusions and policy implications; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Patterns of foreign direct investment in economies in transition; Introduction; Growth and the spread of FDI inflows; The role of FDI in financing domestic investment; Industry and geographical patterns of cross-border M & As.
- The case of the pre-crisis automotive industry; Impact of the crisis on FDI; Policy considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 7 Foreign direct investment in transition economies: Strengthening the gains from integration; Introduction; The determinants of FDI to transition economies; How might FDI influence economic performance and integration in transition economies?; The Impact of FDI on Transition Economies; Conclusions; Note; References; Chapter 8 Remittances and development in transition economies; Introduction; Trends in remittance flows to transition economies.
- Determinants of bilateral remittance flows; The developmental impact of remittances; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Agricultural reforms, growth and poverty reduction in Central Asia; Introduction; Income poverty in Central Asia; Uneven growth and poverty reduction; Land Reforms; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index.
