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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464235403321

Autore

Fabrizio Stefania

Titolo

The second transition [[electronic resource] ] : Eastern Europe in perspective / / prepared by Stefania Fabrizio, Daniel Leigh, and Ashoka Mody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009

ISBN

1-4623-7999-0

1-4527-9850-8

9786612842658

1-4518-7191-0

1-282-84265-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (35 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/43

Altri autori (Persone)

LeighDaniel

ModyAshoka

Soggetti

Economic development - Europe, Eastern

Economics - Europe, Eastern

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1(a). CEE GDP per capita as a percent of EU-15 GDP per capital, 1995-2007; 1(b). GDP per capita as a share of US GDP, major emerging market regions, 1995-2007; II. Openness and Institutions; 2(a). CEE Trade Openness Trends, 1995-2007; 2(b). CEE World Market Shares and Real Exchange Rate Trends, 1995-2007; 3. CEE Structural Transformation of Exports, 1994-2004; 4. CEE Trends in Financial Integration, 1995-2007; 5. CEE Trends in Institutional Strength, 1995-2007; 6. Average Value of Fiscal Institutions Index, 1991-2004

III. Emerging Market Regions in Perspective 7. Regional Trends in Trade and Financial Openness; 8. Regional Trends in Export Shares and Real Effective Exchange Rates, 1995-2007; IV. Growth Outcomes; A. Accelerations; 9. Current Account Trends, 1995-2007; 10. Regional Trends in Institutional Strengthening, 1995-2007; Box; 1. Growth Accelerations: Methodology and Data; Tables; 1. Growth Acceleration



Episodes, by Region; 2. Frequency of Growth Accelerations, by Region; 3. Correlates of Growth Accelerations; B. Traditional Growth Analysis; V. Financial Turbulence: A Test of the Economic Model?

11. Financial Stress VI. Conclusions; References

Sommario/riassunto

The countries of Eastern Europe achieved two remarkable transitions in the short period of the last two decades: from plan to market and, then, in the run-up to and entry into the European Union, they rode a wave of global trade and financial market integration. Focusing on the second transition, this paper reaches three conclusions. First, by several metrics, East European and East Asian growth performances were about on par from the mid-1990s; both regions far surpassed Latin American growth. Second, the mechanisms of growth in East Europe and East Asia were, however, very different. East Eu

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464373203321

Autore

Nadel S. F (Siegfried Frederick), <1903-1956., >

Titolo

The foundations of social anthropology / / S.F. Nadel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-54277-9

1-315-01773-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Social and cultural anthropology ; ; XIII

Disciplina

301.8

Soggetti

Sociology - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1951.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Prolegomena: Why Anthropology?2. The Aims of Social Anthropology3. Observation and Description4. Psychology in Observation5. The Material of Observation6. Institutions7. Groupings8. Explanation9. Experimental Anthropology10. Experimental Anthropology (continued)11. Psychological Explanations: Mental Energy12. Psychological Explanations: Action Potentials13. Function



and Pattern

Sommario/riassunto

Focussing on the methodology of social anthropology, this book covers the following: the aims of social anthropology; observation and description; psychology in observation; the material of observation; institutions; and more.