Editors’ introduction transitional economies: Progress and pitfalls

Marcus Noland and Hyun H. Son

Journal of Asian Economics, 2012, vol. 23, issue 2, 107-110

Abstract: Many Asian countries are undergoing transition from centrally planned to market-oriented economies. The People's Republic of China (PRC) and Viet Nam have been going through this transition since the 1980s, while Mongolia and the former Soviet republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan began their transition in the 1990s with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. On the other hand, Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Myanmar, while they have begun reforms, are still in the early stages of transition. North Korea has probably made the least progress in this regard. This Special Issue on Transitional Economies aims to provide valuable insights for Asia's developing countries still in transition and to provide them with policy recommendations for avoiding the pitfalls of transition experienced in the 1990s.

Keywords: Asia; Transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H1 P2 P3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2011.11.002

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