From Central Planning to the Market
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From Central Planning to the Market

Transformation of the Czech Economy 1989 – 2004

  1. 520 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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From Central Planning to the Market

Transformation of the Czech Economy 1989 – 2004

About this book

This book describes the process of the Czech economic transformation from the beginning of the 1990s to the country's entry into the European Union in 2004. This transformation is divided into four periods: an initial recession caused by the transformation; economic growth in the mid-1990s; a recession connected to the currency crisis of 1997; and recovery and growth from 1999 until 2004, when the analysis ends. The examination covers the main aspects of the transformation – an overall view of the process, political transition, economic policy, economic results (GDP development, inflation, unemployment), changes in outside indicators (balance of payments), privatization, transformation of the financial sector, and changes in the business sector and institutional development. The book also compares Czech development in this transformative era to those of Poland and Hungary. As in Hungary and Poland, the Czech Republic underwent an exceptional qualitative shift from a system centrally planned to one that was market-based. The book concludes that despite mistakes and hardships, the overall transformation process in Central Europe has been successful.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Tables
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Boxes
  8. List of Acronyms
  9. Preface
  10. 1 SITUATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT THE END OF THE 1980s
  11. 2 POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
  12. 3 TRANSFORMATION PROCESS IN GENERAL
  13. 3 TRANSFORMATION PROCESS IN GENERAL
  14. 4 REFORM MEASURES AND ECONOMIC POLICY
  15. 5 BASIC ECONOMIC INDICATORS
  16. 6 EXTERNAL BALANCE
  17. 7 CHANGE OF PROPERTY RELATIONS AND PRIVATIZATIO
  18. 8 BANKING SECTOR AND STOCK EXCHANGE
  19. 9 ENTERPRISES DURING TRANSFORMATION
  20. 10 DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS
  21. 11 TRANSFORMATION IN HUNGARY
  22. 12 TRANSFORMATION IN POLAND
  23. 13 FINAL ASSESSMENT
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index
  26. back cover