Globalization and Economic Diversification: Policy Challenges for Economies in Transition

by Rob Vos (Editor), Malinka Koparanova (Editor)

Overview

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com.

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 questions and spell out policy options to address the challenges for economies in transition. The volume includes comparative studies focusing on all transition economies, including Central and Eastern Europe, as well as regions such as Western Balkans and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849665759
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/2011
Series:	The United Nations Series on Development
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Rob Vos is the Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD) of the United Nations, New York, and Affiliated Professor of Finance and Development, Erasmus University, the Netherlands. His most recent books include Uneven Economic Development (with José Antonio Ocampo); Growth Divergences (with with José Antonio Ocampo and K.S. Jomo), Who gains from Free Trade in Latin America?, and Illusions and Disillusions with Pro-Poor Growth.
Rob Vos is Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Integration and diversification: the policy challenge for economies in transition | Institutions and diversification of the economies in transition: policy challenges | Trade, investments and developments in the Western Balkans | International trade and economic diversification: patterns and polices in economies in transition| Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Economies: Strengthening the Gains from Integration | Trends and Patterns of FDI in the economies in transition | Strengthening trade linkages between CIS and China: some empirical evidences from panel data models | Business environment and economic performance in the economies in transition | Remittances in the CIS: Their Economic Implications and a New Estimation Procedure | Addressing the policy challenge in economies which are not rich in natural resources: the case of low-incomes CIS