The Baltic Countries: From Economic Stabilization to EU Accession

Françoise Le Gall, L. Psalida, Pietro Garibaldi, Julian Berengaut, Jerald Schiff, Kerstin Westin, Augusto López-Claros, Richard Stern and Dennis Jones

No 1998/019, IMF Occasional Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Are the three Baltic countries, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, ready for accession to the European Union? Have their economies overcome the problems of transition? The answers to these questions and their implications for policy are provided in this collection of analyses. Rather than a country-by-country description, the volume provides a cross-country perspective of developments from 1994 through mid-1997. The seven sections of this paper discuss recent macroeconomic and structural policies, exchange rate regimes, fiscal issues, financial systems, private sector development, and accession to the European Union.

Keywords: OP; country; government; policy outcome; private sector development; policy; accessing domestic; policy objective; policy agenda; Commercial banks; Privatization; Exchange rate arrangements; Budget planning and preparation; Baltics; Central and Eastern Europe; Europe; Eastern Europe; Western Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 87
Date: 1998-11-25
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