Transition and Growth in Post-Communist Countries : The Ten Year Experience Book

	List of figures
	List of tables
	List of contributors
	List of discussion panel members
	List of abbreviations
	Preface
Pt. I	Uneven Reforms - Unbalanced Growth
1	The transition economies after ten years	3
2	Comments on Fischer and Sahay	48
3	Ten years after: what is special about transition countries?	51
4	What are the chances of catching up with the European Union?	63
5	Growth convergence: A comment on Warner	94
6	Remarks on globalization, openness and macroeconomic stability in transition economies	102
Pt. II	Financial Openness and Approaches to Monetary Integration
7	Global integration of financial markets and its consequences for transition economies	113
8	Unilateral adoption of the euro by EU applicant countries: the macroeconomic aspects	125
9	Central European economies in the aftermath of the Russian payments crisis	148
Pt. III	Reforming Social Safety Nets
10	Reforming welfare states in post-communist countries	169
11	Welfare state reforms in post-communist countries: A comment on Barr	219
12	Comment on Barr	236
13	Restoring hope, rewarding work: pension reforms in post-communist economies	243
14	Do 'winners take all'? A comment on Rutkowski	270
15	Pension reforms in transition economies - remarks and open questions: A comment on Rutkowski	278
Pt. IV	Political Challenges of Transition
16	Reflections of political and academic leaders of economic transformation	289
	Index	303