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Download or read book East-Central European Economies in Transition written by John Pearce Hardt and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1995 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers assessing what has been accomplished and the obstacles that remain in the transition from communism to capitalism in East-Central Europe. The papers are arranged within four sections: the transition to market economies and political pluralism; Western assistance and integration; regional relations; and country studies. Each section begins with an overview. This assessment was initiated by a formal request from the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress to the Congressional Research Service. Some of the papers were discussed in May 1994 at a conference in Washington, DC. A compilation of statistical material prepared for the conference is included as an appendix. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR