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- External Trade in the CIS Countries
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May 15, 2007 09:50
The paper considers changes in both the composition and direction of external trade in the CIS countries since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- Who Lost Russia
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May 15, 2007 09:50
For the majority of Russian population economic life after the collapse of the Soviet Union became worse than forecasted. The paper tries to find who is responsible for it.
- Belarus and Post-Socialist Economies: The Change of Foreign Trade During Transition
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May 15, 2007 09:50
The paper analyses the changes of foreign trade in transition economies of the former Soviet block during transition
- Recovery Growth as a Stage of Post-Socialist Transition
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May 15, 2007 09:51
The paper argues that in 3-7 years after the collapse of socialism, some former Soviet countries enjoyed economic growth.
- Central Bank Independence in Transition Economies
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May 15, 2007 09:53
The aim of this paper is to examine the legal independence of the Central Banks and its influence on inflation in 10 Central European countries and former Soviet republics.
- Georgia: a way to democracy
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May 15, 2007 09:53
This paper describes and analyses the stages of transformation process in Georgia, its current development and indicate those changes that took place since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- The Evolution of EU policy towards its CIS neighbours
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May 15, 2007 09:53
This paper traces the evolution of the EU's policy towards the successor states to the Soviet Union from 1991 until the present.
- Russian Leverage on the CIS and the Baltic States
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May 15, 2007 09:54
A new report from FOI aims to identify Russia's foreign policy levers, analyse how they have been used and assess how strong they are in the context of the former Soviet Union. This has been done by assessing five clusters of levers, namely political, human-based, energy, economic and military ones. In doing this, a pattern of how Russia uses its levers emerges.
- Economic Development in CIS: overall review
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The publication deals with economic development in CIS after the collapse of the Soviet Union
- East: ’if countries don’t act now, it’s going to be too late’
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The publication is an interview with Gordon Betcherman, World Bank economist, who warns that if governments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union will not institute reforms, they will face economic crisis because their populations are rapidly aging and shrinking at the same time.
- What do Russians think about transition?
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May 15, 2007 09:54
How do Russians assess the past 16 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and what is their outlook for the future? According to new research commissioned by the EBRD to assess public attitudes toward transition, Russians most prize the economic and political stability the country currently enjoys. What worries them the most: low living standards, corruption and the decline in health care and education.
- Energy Efficiency fact cards
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May 15, 2007 09:54
Energy efficiency is a key issue in the Bank’s countries of operations. All these countries exceed the EU average for energy intensity, some use almost seven times as much energy as western Europe per unit of GDP. High energy usage is partly to due to the cold climate and the needs of heavy industry but there is also a legacy of enormous reliance on inefficient Soviet-era energy systems. This set of fact cards show the reality behind the 'burning issue' of energy efficiency in the Bank's countries of operations.
- Cost efficiency of banks in transition: Evidence from 289 banks in 15 post-communist countries
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May 15, 2007 09:54
To understand the transformation of banking in the post-communist transition, this paper examines the cost efficiency of 289 banks in 15 east European countries. The findings showed that banking systems in which foreign-owned banks have a larger share of total assets record lower costs and that the association between a country’s progress in banking reform and cost efficiency is non-linear. Early stages of reform are associated with cost reductions, while costs tend to rise at more advanced stages. Private banks are more efficient than state-owned banks, but there are differences among private banks. Privatised banks with majority foreign ownership are the most efficient and those with domestic ownership are the least.
- Transition and international integration in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
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May 15, 2007 09:54
This paper investigates the extent of integration of the transition economies into the world economy. We find that south-eastern Europe (SEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) trade significantly less with the world economy than the accession countries. We use a gravity model to explain why this is the case and conclude that the low quality of economic institutions in the CIS, and hence the high risks associated with trade, explain a considerable proportion of the “trade gap” compared to trade levels in industrialised countries. Moreover, the landlocked nature of many CIS countries (and hence high costs of transport and transit) is another reason for the lack of integration. In SEE these factors play a lesser role and the gravity model is unable to fully explain the lack of integration, which we suggest is a legacy of the region’s recent turbulent past. The paper suggests that a combination of improved market access to western markets and efforts to reduce trade and transit barriers within the region provide the best hope to increase economic integration with the world economy in the future.
- Anti-corruption programmes in post-communist transition countries and changes in the business environment, 1999-2002
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May 15, 2007 09:54
This paper analyses the anti-corruption activities of 24 transition countries in the period 1999-2002. These activities are divided into omnibus anti-corruption programmes, legislative reform aimed at tackling corruption, and adherence to international anti-corruption conventions. The paper presents a new measure for determining the extent of anti-corruption activity undertaken in these three categories during 1999-2002. Using the results of a large survey of firms across the region, the paper shows that countries with low levels of administrative corruption were more likely to adopt intensive anti-corruption programmes than countries with high levels of administrative corruption, independent of the level of state capture.
- Benchmarking structural change in transition
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The transition to market-based economic systems in the countries of central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union involves fundamental shifts in the allocation of resources and deep changes in the structure of production and employment. This paper uses a simple model of economic development and structural change with technology spillovers to benchmark structural change in the transition economies and simulate the path of adjustment from central planning. We then analyse data from 10 accession candidates and 12 CIS countries to measure the progress in structural change that has taken place thus far and to assess the further structural changes that should be expected, with particular attention to the implications for accession.
- The energy intensity of transition countries
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May 16, 2007 14:41
This paper decomposes energy data and uses panel data to identify the main factors driving improvements in energy intensity. It shows that energy prices and progress in enterprise restructuring are the two most important drivers for more efficient energy use.
- Nature’s blessing or nature’s curse: the political economy of transition in resource-based economies
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May 16, 2007 14:41
The 15 newly independent states that emerged from the breakdown of the Soviet Union are now celebrating their 10th anniversary of independence. This paper looks back over the first decade and draws some lessons from the experience made to date. It focuses on the energy-rich states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), namely Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (AKTU for short) and contrasts their development to that in the resource-poor countries at the CIS periphery. The main argument of the paper is that far from being a blessing that would have allowed resource-rich countries to cushion the impact of reforms and thus make faster progress, resource rents have often been wasted or appropriated by the ruling elites.
- Social capital in transition: a first look at the evidence
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May 16, 2007 14:41
This paper provides what we believe to be the first collection of data on social capital in the transition countries of central/eastern Europe and of the former Soviet Union. Using data from the World Values Survey 1990 and 1995 we document the degree of trust and of civic participation and find that these indicators of social capital are significantly lower than in OECD countries (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). The paper also provides a preliminary investigation of the link between social capital and growth during transition.
- Ten years after: what is special about transition countries?
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May 16, 2007 14:41
Most countries commonly classified as ‘in transition’ are still recognisably different in some respects from other countries with a similar income per capita: a larger share of their workforce is in industry, they use more energy, they have a more extensive infrastructure and invest more in schooling. However, in terms of the ‘software’ necessary for a market economy, two groups emerge: the countries that are candidates for EU membership seem to have partly completed the transition. By contrast, the countries from the former Soviet Union that form the CIS and the South-eastern European (SEE) countries, are still largely lagging behind in terms of the enforcement of property rights and the development of financial markets.
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