Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies
Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies

Author: Mr.Hamid Reza Davoodi

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781451855371

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Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. This paper advances the hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that provides deeper insights into economic performance than do measures of “perceived corruption.” The hypothesis is tested by assessing the relative importance of structural reforms vs. corruption in explaining macroeconomic performance in the transition economies. The paper finds that for four widely used measures of economic performance—growth, inflation, the fiscal balance, and foreign direct investment—structural reforms tend to dominate the corruption variable.

Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies
Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) presents the full text of an article entitled "Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies," by George T. Abed and Hamid R. Davoodi and published July 2000. The article discusses the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. Corruption is seen as largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions.

Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance

Author: Mr.Sanjeev Gupta

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2002-09-24

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9781589061163

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This volume presents 18 IMF research studies on the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as how it can most effectively be combated to improve governance, increase economic growth, and reduce poverty. The authors examine how civil service wages affect corruption, the impact of natural resource availability on corruption, the impact of corruption on a country’s income distribution and incidence of poverty, and the effect of corruption on government expenditures on health and education.

Transition Economics
Transition Economics

Author: Gerard Turley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-07-26

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 1136909087

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Celebrating twenty years of transition from socialism to capitalism, this book is designed to be the core textbook for undergraduate courses in transition economics and comparative economic systems. Given the passage of time, Transition Economics: Two Decades On reviews and accounts for the outcomes in the so-called transition economies and, from an academic perspective, takes the reader through developments and issues in the twenty years of transition from plan to market. Treating its subject matter thematically, the book incorporates much of the transition economics literature and evidence that have evolved over the past two decades. In particular, the authors focus on the most important aspects of economic transition, including: The initial conditions at the outset of transition Paradigms and patterns of transition The main transition policies and economic reforms The performance of transition countries and firms The lessons from transition The textbook covers a wide range of both contemporary microeconomic and macroeconomic issues, in over thirty ex-socialist European and Asian countries, including Russia and China. Transition Economics: Two Decades On is more than just a book about a particular part of the world or the transformation that was experienced at a particular time in history. The authors believe that the study of the economics of transition gives the reader an insight into theories, policies, reforms, legacies, institutions, processes and lessons that have application and relevance, beyond the specific transition from plan to market, to other parts of the world and to other times in history.

Political Competition, Economic Reform and Growth
Political Competition, Economic Reform and Growth

Author: Ivan Pavletic

Publisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 3728132969

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Which political and institutional factors trigger reforms that enable the poor to benefit from the process of economic growth? How can the incentives of policy makers be influenced in order to achieve such a dynamic? These are the questions this study seeks to address by examining the transition process in post-communist countries. The author argues that political competition within an accepted and respected institutional environment has been a driving force in shaping the direction and success of transition reforms. Evidence shows that in countries with a sufficient degree of political competition, citizens responded to economic crises by calling for economic liberalization. Economic liberalization removed existing distortions, increased economic efficiency and raised public welfare. This activated a dynamic, self-enforcing reform process that also strengthened the political and economic power of the poor. In the absence of political competition, such a process failed to emerge, thereby contributing to the persistence of poverty. Based on these findings, there is good reason to postulate that some level of political competition is essential for transition reforms to improve economic efficiency and public welfare in a sustainable manner.

A Decade of Transition
A Decade of Transition

Author: Mr.Oleh Havrylyshyn

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2001-04-27

Total Pages: 292

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To identify the lessons from the experience of 25 non-Asian transition countries, the IMF held a conference, "A Decade of Transition: Achievements and Challenges," on February 13, 1999, in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together senior government officials, staff from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the IMF, the World Bank, and academics to answer three questions: How far has the transition progressed in different countries? What factors explain the differences in progress and in economic performance? And what remains to be done? The contributions in this volume cover a broad range of issues relevant to transition: financial stabilization, growth recovery, privatization, banking reform, income inequality, and the changing role of government. Transition countries have made substantial progress in financial stabilization, but progress with structural reforms and institutional development has been distinctly greater in Central Europe and the Baltics than in countries farther to the east. Second, although financial stabilization is essential for renewed economic growth, it is not enough: structural reforms and the development of market institutions must also be sufficiently advanced. Third, while in the next phase of transition the consolidation of stabilization will need to continue, the emphasis will need to shift to several other tasks: carrying through theunfinished structural agenda (especially in lagging countries), accelerating institutional development, addressing egregious cases of income inequality, and dealing firmly with corruption and the growth of vested interests.

The Transition Economies After Ten Years
The Transition Economies After Ten Years

Author: Stanley Fischer

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Published: 2000

Total Pages: 50

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While output declined in virtually all transition economies in the initial years, the speed and extent of the recovery that followed has varied widely across these countries. The contrast between the more and less successful transitions, the latter largely in the former Soviet Union, raises many questions about the relative roles played by adverse initial conditions, external factors, and reform strategies. This paper summarizes the macroeconomic performance of the transition economies. We first review the initial conditions confronting these economies, the reform strategy that was proposed, and the associated controversies that arose a decade ago. We then account for the widely different outcomes, highlighting the role of exogenous factors and the macroeconomic and structural policies adopted by the countries. We find that both stabilization policies and structural reforms, particularly privatization, contributed to the growth recovery. We also conclude that the faster is the speed of reforms, the quicker is the recovery and the higher is growth.

Fiscal Policy and Structural Reforms in Transition Economies
Fiscal Policy and Structural Reforms in Transition Economies

Author: Jukka Pirttilä

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9789516869257

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This paper makes an empirical examination of the relationship between fiscal balance and structural reforms using panel data from 25 transition economies. The results indicate that price liberalisation has a positive impact on fiscal performance, while privatisation and restructuring, via unemployment, affect the fiscal balance negatively. These findings are somewhat in contrast with earlier empirical work and theoretical transition economics that maintain fiscal pressures are most severe in fast-reforming countries. The analysis further suggests that countries with better fiscal positions may have benefited from favourable initial conditions. Published in: Economics of Transition vol 9, no 1 (2001) pp. 29-52, ISSN 0967-0750.

The Macroeconomics of Corruption
The Macroeconomics of Corruption

Author: Maksym Ivanyna

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-20

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 3030675572

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This textbook examines corruption through a macroeconomic lens, exploring the relationship between corruption, fiscal policy, and political economy. It merges macroeconomic growth models with elements of political economic theory to address important applied topics such as income inequality within and across countries, growth slowdowns, and fiscal crises. Revised and updated to include new research findings and recent policy discussions, the second edition contains 15 new sections and 2 new chapters on topics such as public defaults, the wage elasticity of work and the interest elasticity of saving, and the economic and fiscal impact of the 2020 pandemic. Most of the basic ideas are illustrated using a two-period model of government investment that captures the future cost of policies that favor the present. The more subtle and advanced issues are illustrated and, in some cases, quantified, using the overlapping-generations model of economic growth. The models used to illustrate the mechanisms of economic growth are extended to incorporate politics and the behavior of public official. The text concludes with a thorough discussion of policy reforms designed to address the issues discussed in earlier chapters. Intended for students familiar with intermediate-level economics, the second edition contains a technical appendix, expanded end-of-chapter questions and problems, and a complete solutions manual. The second edition also offers updated resources for instructors, including sample syllabi and over 550 multiple choice questions. Offering a unified explanation for the causes and consequences of government failure, fiscal crisis, and needed policy reforms, this text is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses in macroeconomics, political economy, and public policy.

Fiscal Policy and Structural Reforms in Transition Economies
Fiscal Policy and Structural Reforms in Transition Economies

Author: Jukka Pirttila

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Published: 2014

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This paper provides an empirical examination of the relationship between fiscal balance and structural reforms using panel data from 25 transition economies. The results indicate that privatization and restructuring, via unemployment, affect the fiscal balance negatively. This finding provides support for ideas in theoretical transition economics that maintain that fiscal pressures are most severe in fast-reforming countries. In contrast, price liberalization has a robust positive impact on fiscal performance. In addition, the results differ somewhat over different countries and transition time.