A Two-thirds Rate of Success: Polish Transformation and Economic Development, 1989-2008

Grzegorz W. Kolodko

No RP2009-14, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Progress in achieving institutional changes should be evaluated through the prism of their influence on the development abilities of the relevant country. In Poland, during 20 years of comprehensive systemic shift, GDP increased more than in any other postsocialist country. To judge the transformation progress, it is not enough to review improvements in competitiveness or in growth in terms of quantity, but also social and cultural aspects should be taken into account. In Poland, there have been five distinct periods from the viewpoint of economic growth.

Keywords: Economic development; Economic policy; History of economics; Institutional economics; Post-communism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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