Poland has pursued a policy of economic liberalization since 1990 and today stands out as a success story among transition economies.
Forget, too, that real wages have risen across the board, and that incomes are less unequal than in most other transition economies.
Poland has been a success story amongst the transition economies, proving resilient to the cold winds of recession which have swept across Europe.
The book explores at some length the implications of this claim for the transition economies of Eastern Europe and, especially, for the former Soviet Union.
Similarly, the regional and now cohesion funds had positive effects in the British economy in the Seventies and later in the transition economies such as Ireland.
And experience with transition economies in Eastern Europe has shown that it takes a long time for people to adjust to the new economic paradigm, and many remain frozen in the old mentality for many years to come.
While the energy topic has become a political issue, it should first and foremost be viewed as an economic driver that regions with strong energy assets can leverage to transition their economies.
It will highlight the role of ESD for the transition to green economies and societies and as a catalyst for cross-sector planning and implementation of programmes in areas such as climate change, biodiversity and disaster risk reduction.
To ensure widest participation, the Government of Georgia will fund high-level delegates from over 100 developing countries and countries with economies in transition to participate in the Conference.
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This ideal is a far cry from reality for many UNESCO member states and hence UNESCO-UNEVOC gives priority in its work to those with the greatest need: developing nations, economies in transition and those in a post-conflict situation.
Doing so would permit Hanoi to borrow hundreds of millions from the newly established IMF funding facility available to countries ostensibly in transition from command to market economies.
How is any U.S. taxpayer credit and commercial exposure to the USSR justified, given the urgent capital and trade requirements of South and Central America, Africa, Eastern Europe and other countries many of which have already made the transition to democracy and market oriented economies?
First, as the examples of China, Poland, Romania and others have demonstrated, greater integration into the global economy and large-scale infusions of Western capital, technology and investment into command economies do not automatically assure a transition into market-based reforms and necessary levels of political liberalization.
China and other major economies are in a position now to transition in a way that can help more people.
African countries have long aspired to transition from being raw material exporters to technology-based economies.
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But economies are transitional entities and right now the transition is marked.
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The integration of national economies into international economies holds unprecedented longevity for companies that can capitalize on this transition.
The US can reduce the chances of "a disruptive transition as we move towards a new global economy, with the major emerging economies playing an increasing role both in global consumption and savings flows".
If recent developments in Slovakia and Slovenia are any guide, it seems that as the economies of east-central Europe converge with the EU15, so too will the transition region's attitude towards flat-rate taxation.
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