Building Market Institutions in South Eastern Europe
Author: Harry G. Broadman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780821357767
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Harry G. Broadman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780821357767
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Harry G. Broadman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 412
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Annotation A study of impediments to investment and private sector development in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro, this title yields fundamental new insights for improving the region's business environment, economic development, and prospects for growth. It is a collaborative effort between the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development that offers important practical ideas for all policymakers and observers concerned with the future of South Eastern Europe. It makes concrete recommendations for reforms that would ease the constraints on domestic and foreign investment, an essential step in sustaining growth and reducing poverty in the region.
Author: Boris Begović
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-07-20
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 3319766449
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This open access book provides answers to key open questions concerning competition policy in emerging economies, with a focus on South Eastern Europe. The contributions address two major issues. One is the design of competition policy and the national competition authorities that enforce it, including the topics of competition advocacy and state aid control; the other is the use of economic methods in competition law enforcement, especially in the cases of relevant market definition and merger control. Many lessons learned in the countries of South Eastern Europe can be applied to the emerging markets of other regions. As such, the findings presented here will be highly relevant for officials and staff at national competition authorities, advisers to legislators shaping national competition policy, competition law professionals, and university students alike.
Author: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780674549838
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With close attention to the history and institutional realities of the region, The Market Meets Its Match explains the failure of the simplistic market medicine administered in the first five years of transition. Merely "getting the prices right"--Lowering wages and raising interest rates and energy prices - won't improve competitiveness, the authors argue, as long as nonlabor costs such as the quality of goods, product design, outmoded technology, and inefficient distribution channels remain problems. Easing these bottlenecks requires long-term capital accumulation and profit maximization. The institutions necessary for such growth have not developed under Eastern Europe's new "pseudo-capitalism," as the authors demonstrate, and "pseudo-privatization," while distributing state property to citizens, has not provided them with the capital and technology they need to succeed.
Author: Ingrid Matthäus-Maier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-19
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 354024820X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →KfW has been assigned responsibility by the German government and several other donors for projects designed to reconstruct the financial landscapes of Southeast Europe. These activities are recognized as quite successful in building sustainable financial institutions that serve the small end of the market, with special emphasis on microenterprise and small business. The KfW-managed projects have contributed to the overall stability of financial sectors and to economic recovery and growth through employment creation and investment. This book reviews experience gained and analyses the reasons for the successes achieved, options for further improvement, and scope for replicability in other transition and developing economies. A particularly interesting feature is that relatively small amounts of public funds can catalyse financial markets in volatile environments.
Author: D. Sternad
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011-11-22
Total Pages: 553
ISBN-13: 0230314147
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive insight into a region which is characterized by rapid economic and social changes with a significant rise in foreign direct investments and privatization. Analysis covers political, legal, economic and social trends, and topics such as the influence of informal networks and corruption, as well as cultural diversity.