The Polish Miracle: Lessons for the Emerging Markets (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction: The seven lessons the emerging markets can learn from Poland's transformation, Grzegorz W. Kolodko. Political and Social Implications of Economic Development: Institutions, policies and growth, Grzegorz W. Kolodko; Social confidence deficit and sustained growth, Juliusz Gardawski; Is rapid, long-term economic growth likely?, Leon Podkaminer; The economic agenda of the Polish round table 15 years later: lessons for the future, Wladyslaw Baka; Financial Aspects of Economic Growth: Fiscal policy from the perspective of an EU member state, Danuta Gotz-Kozierkiewicz; Fiscal policy: growth booster or growth buster?, Jacek Tomkiewicz; Effective public finance management as a factor of long-term growth, Marta Postula; The efficiency of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Andrzej Sopocko; Pension funds and the acceleration of economic development, Jan Monkiewicz. Post-Socialist Emerging Markets and European Integration: The role of the structural funds and cohesion fund in the stimulation of sustained growth, Jacek Szlachta; The implications of monetary union convergence for the rate of growth, Witold Malecki; The impact of membership in the European Union on economic growth in Poland, Danuta Hubner. The 'New Economy' and the Old Problems: The aggregate contribution of ICT to output and labour productivity growth in transition economies, Marcin Piatkowski; References; Index.