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Kyrgyzstan

A Case Study of Social Stratification

Series: UNU/WIDER Working Papers
( Print: September 2000 )

This publication analyzes the process of social stratification and the social structure emerging in Kyrgyzstan in the course of transition. Macroeconomic policies, privatization, agrarian reforms and...

This publication analyzes the process of social stratification and the social structure emerging in Kyrgyzstan in the course of transition. Macroeconomic policies, privatization, agrarian reforms and...


Macroeconomic Model of a Developing Country Endowed with a Natural Resource, A

Series: UNU/WIDER Working Papers
( Print: September 2000 )

This publication presents a short-run theoretical macroeconomic model of a small open economy endowed with a natural resource exporting sector. The paper attempts to differentiate between the economic...

This publication presents a short-run theoretical macroeconomic model of a small open economy endowed with a natural resource exporting sector. The paper attempts to differentiate between the economic...


Development Discontinuities

Leaders and Intermediaries in Producer's Associations

Series: UNU/WIDER Working Papers
( Print: September 2000 )

This publication addresses the question of economic development, by analyzing the experience of three associations of agricultural producers in the underdeveloped regions of Brazil and Italy that have...

This publication addresses the question of economic development, by analyzing the experience of three associations of agricultural producers in the underdeveloped regions of Brazil and Italy that have...


Resource-Led Growth

A Long-Term Perspective - The Relevance of the 1870-1914 Experience for Today's Developing...

Series: UNU/WIDER Working Papers
( Print: September 2000 )

The publication attempts to find out whether the 1870-1914 period was in some sense 'unique'; i.e. whether the success of the resource-rich economies during these years was built on a configuration of...

The publication attempts to find out whether the 1870-1914 period was in some sense 'unique'; i.e. whether the success of the resource-rich economies during these years was built on a configuration of...


On the Regulation of Telecommunications Markets

Series: UNU/WIDER Working Papers
( Print: September 2000 )

This paper discusses the theoretical concepts underlying recent developments in the regulation of telecommunications in Europe, the USA and developing countries with respect to efficiency and welfare...

This paper discusses the theoretical concepts underlying recent developments in the regulation of telecommunications in Europe, the USA and developing countries with respect to efficiency and welfare...


Natural Resources and Economic Growth

A Nordic Perspective on the Dutch Disease

Series: UNU/WIDER Working Papers
( Print: October 2000 )

This publication offers a glance of the Nordic economies through the discussion of an economic condition known as the Dutch disease. The study argues that natural resource abundance may retard...

This publication offers a glance of the Nordic economies through the discussion of an economic condition known as the Dutch disease. The study argues that natural resource abundance may retard...


Guinea-Bissau

War, Reconstruction and Reform

Series: UNU/WIDER Working Papers
( Print: October 2000 )

This publication discusses the political economy of the conflict that took place in Guinea-Bissau in 1998, the difficulties in negotiating its end, and the tasks that now face donors and national...

This publication discusses the political economy of the conflict that took place in Guinea-Bissau in 1998, the difficulties in negotiating its end, and the tasks that now face donors and national...


IMF Model and Resource-abundant Transition Economies, The

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Series: UNU/WIDER Working Papers
( Print: October 2000 )

This publication examines economies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan through the discussion of the IMF model of the economic transition. The publication demonstrates the flaws in the IMF model by pointing...

This publication examines economies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan through the discussion of the IMF model of the economic transition. The publication demonstrates the flaws in the IMF model by pointing...