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UNU-WIDER Reflections on Transition: Twenty Years After The Fall of The Berlin Wall

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Event name
WIDER Conference on Reflections on Transition: Twenty Years After The Fall of The Berlin Wall
Address
Marina Congress Center, Helsinki, Finland
Date
18 September 2009 - 19 September 2009
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The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was a defining moment in the transition of former socialist countries into market economies. To mark the twentieth anniversary of this historic event, UNU-WIDER is organising a two-day conference to review the experiences of transition countries during the past two decades and to draw out possible lessons for the future.  Research topics likely to be covered (amongst others) include: 

  • understanding institutional change over the last 20 years

  • geopolitical evolutions and their economic implications

  • evolution of macroeconomic debt and financial development

  • results of privatization of enterprises and housing

  • evolution of health and education systems

  • income security and social insurance

  • living standards, inequality, happiness

  • nostalgia for the past

  • ethnic conflict

  • corruption

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