1st Edition

Economic Reforms In Eastern Europe And The Soviet Union

By Hubert Gabrisch Copyright 1989
    226 Pages
    by Routledge

    226 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book contains country studies dealing with economic reform projects and with problems of transition from centrally planned to reformed systems – Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. It deals with two special areas of reform: foreign trade and banking system. .

    Introduction Part One: Basic Thinking About Reform 1. Can Socialist Economic Systems be Reformed? 2. On Crucial Reform of Real Socialism Part Two: Country Studies 3. Gorbachev's Reform Course Confirmed 4. Economic Reforms in Bulgaria 5. Economic Reforms in Czechoslovakia 6. More Austerity and More Reform Announced in Hungary 7. The Polish Reform: A Tentative Evaluation 8. The "Second Stage of the Economic Reform" in Poland Part Three: Special Areas of Reform 9. Changes in the Banking System in the CMEA Area 10. Foreign Trade System and Joint Ventures in the CMEA Region 11. About the Contributors

    Biography

    Dr. Hubert Gabrisch, born 1950 in Hanover, FRG. 1979-1984 scientific referee at the HWWA Institute for Economic Research, Hamburg. Since 1985 researcher on the staff of The Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies (WIIW). Special fields: economic problems of the countries of East Europe, especially of Poland.