ISBN: 3540428232
TITLE: Completing Transition
AUTHOR: Tumpel-Gugerell et al.
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Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Editorial
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell 3
Welcoming Remarks
Lindsay Wolfe 7
Addresses
The Continuing Challenge of Transition and Convergence 11
Horst Khler
Completing Transition - The Main Challenges 17
Jean Lemierre
Transition Economies and the WTO 24
Mike Moore
Luncheon Speech 27
Klaus Liebscher
Session I: Transition - Where Are We?
Transition and Vested Interests 35
John Odling-Smee and Thomas Richardson
The Transition - Where Are We? A Commentary on Poland's Experiences 40
Karol Lutkowski
Slovakia on the Road to a Market Economy in 2000 51
Elena Kohtikov
The Transition - Where Are We? Experience and Lessons from Armenia 60
Gagik Arzumanyan
Session II: Corporate Sector Reform
The Next Challenge in Corporate Restructuring: Activating the Financial Sector 71
Erik Berglf
Corporate Reform in Russia and the Former Soviet Union: The First Ten Years 75
Stilpon Nestor
Session III: Financial Sector Reform
The Role of Central Banks in Financial Sector Reform 99
Age F.P. Bakker
The Challenges of Bank Restructuring and Banking Supervision in Transition Economies 104
Elizabeth Roberts
Experience and Perspectives of Financial Sector Development in Central and Eastern Europe 108
Lajos Bokros
Session IV: Fiscal Policy Challenges
Fiscal Policy Challenges: Transition Countries and OECD Experiences 115
Andreas Wrgtter
Fiscal Policy Challenges in Transition: Experience in the Czech Republic 119
Pavel Mertlik
Quality of Public Finances: Value Dimensions of Budget Policy 123
Thomas Wieser
Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries 129
Peter S. Heller and Christian Keller
Fiscal Policy and EU Accession - Transparency and Medium-Term Budgeting 151
Alain Morisset
Session V: Monetary Policy Challenges
Monetary Policy Challenges in Transition and Toward Accession 161
Pierre van der Haegen and Christian Thimann
Monetary Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case for Monetary Strategy Based on Exchange Rates 185
Gyrgy Surnyi
Monetary Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case for Direct Inflation Targeting 191
Ryszard Kokoszczynski
Exchange Rate Arrangements in Transition to EMU: Some Arguments in Favor of Early Adoption of the Euro 203
Fabrizio Coricelli
Presentation of the Olga Radzyner Award 215
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
Session VI: Integration into the Global Economy
Transition Economies and the Multilateral Trading System: Introductory Remarks 219
Miguel Rodrguez Mendoza
Trade Integration and Changing Trade Structures of Transition Economies 222
Michael A. Landesmann
Transition Economies - Integration into the World Economy 248
Marcelo Selowsky
Session VII: Where Do We Go from Here?
How to Go Forward in Transition 257
Simon Commander
Completing Transition: The Case of Hungary 267
Andrs Inotai
Transition Experiences and Challenges in Romania 276
Cristian Popa
Russia: Experiences and Challenges 280
Oleg Vyugin
Concluding Remarks 284
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
List of Participants 287
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