Jozef M.van Brabant is currently Principal Economic Affairs Officer at the Secretariat of the United Nations in New York. His major academic interest is in the economics of the planned and now the transition economies and, recently, in the economic aspects of remaking Europe.

• Introduction; Part 1 History, Starting Conditions, and Transformation Tasks; Chapter 1 Historical Backdrop; Chapter 2 Reform Tinkering and the Starting Conditions of Transition; Chapter 3 The Market Economy and the Transformation Agenda; Part 2 Components of the Transformation Agenda; Chapter 4 Stabilization As an Early Policy Task; Chapter 5 Internal and External Liberalization; Chapter 6 Privatization and the Market Economy; Chapter 7 The Role of Institutions in a Market Economy; Chapter 8 Transformation and the Sociopolitical Consensus; Chapter 9 The Evolving Role of the State During Transformation; Part 3 Toward Sustainable Growth And global Integration; Chapter 10 Transformation and Integration into the World Economy; Chapter 11 Transformation and International Assistance; Chapter 12 Sustainability of the Transformation;

Jozef M.van Brabant is currently Principal Economic Affairs Officer at the Secretariat of the United Nations in New York. His major academic interest is in the economics of the planned and now the transition economies and, recently, in the economic aspects of remaking Europe.

• Introduction; Part 1 History, Starting Conditions, and Transformation Tasks; Chapter 1 Historical Backdrop; Chapter 2 Reform Tinkering and the Starting Conditions of Transition; Chapter 3 The Market Economy and the Transformation Agenda; Part 2 Components of the Transformation Agenda; Chapter 4 Stabilization As an Early Policy Task; Chapter 5 Internal and External Liberalization; Chapter 6 Privatization and the Market Economy; Chapter 7 The Role of Institutions in a Market Economy; Chapter 8 Transformation and the Sociopolitical Consensus; Chapter 9 The Evolving Role of the State During Transformation; Part 3 Toward Sustainable Growth And global Integration; Chapter 10 Transformation and Integration into the World Economy; Chapter 11 Transformation and International Assistance; Chapter 12 Sustainability of the Transformation;

Jozef M.van Brabant is currently Principal Economic Affairs Officer at the Secretariat of the United Nations in New York. His major academic interest is in the economics of the planned and now the transition economies and, recently, in the economic aspects of remaking Europe.

• Introduction; Part 1 History, Starting Conditions, and Transformation Tasks; Chapter 1 Historical Backdrop; Chapter 2 Reform Tinkering and the Starting Conditions of Transition; Chapter 3 The Market Economy and the Transformation Agenda; Part 2 Components of the Transformation Agenda; Chapter 4 Stabilization As an Early Policy Task; Chapter 5 Internal and External Liberalization; Chapter 6 Privatization and the Market Economy; Chapter 7 The Role of Institutions in a Market Economy; Chapter 8 Transformation and the Sociopolitical Consensus; Chapter 9 The Evolving Role of the State During Transformation; Part 3 Toward Sustainable Growth And global Integration; Chapter 10 Transformation and Integration into the World Economy; Chapter 11 Transformation and International Assistance; Chapter 12 Sustainability of the Transformation;