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Reflections on transition - twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall
Theme: 2008-09
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...
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Micro-simulation of tax benefit reforms in russia
Theme: 2000-01
Micro-simulation models play an important role in policy analysis in developed economies, particularly in connection with the distributional impact of tax and benefit reforms. The objective is to show how the changes affect different households in...
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Income distribution and social structure during the transition
Theme: 1985-97
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Transition from below - the role of the new private sector
Theme: 1998-99
Much of the discussion about privatization in the former socialist economies has focused on the divesture of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). While this approach has been inspired by the belief that privatization will solve all production and...