Structural and institutional factors in the transition to the market economy / Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Vladimir Popov -- Russia / Vladimir Popov -- Reform paths in Central Asian transitional economies / Richard Pomfret -- The Chinese road to the market / Fan Gang -- Vietnam / Manuel F. Montes -- The tortuous road to the market in North Korea / Keun Lee -- Cuba / Manuel Pastor Jr -- Economic performance in transitional economies / Derek C. Jones -- Unorthodox ownership and governance structures in transitional East Asia / Laixiang Sun -- Transition approaches, institutions, and income inequality / Giovanni Andrea Cornia -- Informal institutions, social capital, and economic transition / Martin Raiser
Summary
This volume reviews the role of initial structural and institutional conditions and their subsequent development during the course of the transition and examines economies which are in the very early phases of the reform process