附註:"Published for the World Bank."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-373) and index.
Overview: Hopes tears and transformation / Nicholas Barr and Ralph W. Harbison -- The role of government in a market economy / Nicholas Barr -- The inheritance / Saul Estrin -- The forces driving change / Nicholas Barr -- Constraints on change / Nicholas Barr, Stanislav Gomulka, and Igor Tomes̆ -- A strategy for reform / Nicholas Barr -- Labor markets : wages and employment / Richard Jackman and Michael Rutkowski -- Labor markets : unemployment / David Fretwell and Richard Jackman -- Income transfers : social insurance / Nicholas Barr -- Income transfers : family support and poverty relief / Sandor Sipos -- Education and training / Bruno Laporte and Julian Schweitzer -- Health and health care / Alexander S. Preker and Richard G.A. Feachem -- Driving change / Iain Crawford and Alan Thompson.
摘要:This looks at the European republics of the former USSR as well as the other Central and Eastern European countries, and makes three main arguments. First, that these countries human resources must be developed through more effective labour markets, improved education, reduced poverty and better health care. Second, that the state still has a major role, and thirdly that reform will fail unless political and administrative realities are considered when policies are designed and implemented.
