Economies in Transition: A Guide to China, Cuba, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam at the turn of the 21st Century

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ISBN: 9780415236706 | 0415236703
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/9/2001

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Taking in a wide range of international case-studies, this title provides an extensive guide to those countries in a state of economic flux. The author considers issues such as the impact of globalisation on transitional countries.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction and overview

(62)

China

Political background

(81)

Direct elections at the local level

(5)

Human rights

(23)

China and Taiwan

(13)

The regaining of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997 and Macao on 20 December 1999

104

(6)

Political developments, congresses and Central Committee sessions

110

(34)

The economy

144

(92)

The nature of the Chinese approach to economic reform

144

(1)

Agriculture

145

(7)

The market gradually replacing central planning

152

(15)

The reform of state industrial enterprises

167

(25)

The non-state, non-agricultural sectors (deregulation)

192

(5)

The `open door' policy: foreign trade and direct foreign investment

197

(34)

Economic performance

231

(5)

Cuba

236

(45)

Political background

236

(31)

Exiles, refugees and dissidents

237

(20)

Political developments

257

(10)

The economy

267

(14)

The economy prior to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe

267

(1)

Economic aid

268

(1)

Economic reforms in the 1990s

269

(1)

Agriculture

270

(2)

The private sector

272

(2)

The use of hard currency (principally US dollars)

274

(1)

Foreign trade

275

(1)

Direct foreign investment

275

(3)

Austerity measures

278

(2)

Economic performance

280

(1)

Mongolia

281

(36)

Political background

281

(15)

Political developments: The June 1992 general election; The June 1993 presidential election; The June 1996 general election; Political developments after the June 1996 general election; The May 1997 presidential election; Political wrangling and its effect on economic reform; The July 2000 general election

282

(14)

The economy

296

(21)

The transition to a market economy

296

(2)

Prices

298

(2)

Privatization

300

(5)

Foreign trade

305

(2)

Foreign aid

307

(1)

Foreign direct investment

308

(2)

Agriculture

310

(4)

Economic performance

314

(3)

North Korea

317

(80)

Political background

317

(56)

Military aspects

318

(1)

Political developments: The death of Kim Il Sung on 8 July 1994: The political career of his son and successor, Kim Jong Il; North Korea's nuclear programme; North Korea's missile programme; Relations with countries such as the USA, Russia and Japan; Relations with South Korea

319

(54)

The economy

373

(24)

Economic comparisons between North Korea and South Korea

373

(1)

Economic planning and the limited nature of economic reform

374

(1)

Foreign trade

375

(1)

Foreign aid

375

(1)

Foreign direct investment

376

(5)

Agriculture

381

(3)

The cost of reunification with South Korea

384

(1)

Economic performance, famine and international aid

385

(12)

Vietnam

397

(49)

Political background

397

(9)

The `boat people'

398

(2)

Political developments: Human rights; Politics and economic reform; Party congresses, Central Committee plenums, National Assembly meetings; Party personnel changes and international relations

400

(6)

The economy

406

(40)

The nature of economic reform

406

(2)

Financial and exchange rate policy

408

(2)

Prices

410

(1)

State sector reforms

410

(3)

The non-state sector

413

(1)

The `equitization' programme

414

(7)

Foreign trade

421

(6)

Foreign aid

427

(1)

Foreign debt

428

(1)

Foreign direct investment

429

(11)

Agriculture

440

(2)

Economic performance

442

(4)

Bibliography

446

(15)

Index

461

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Economies in Transition: A Guide to China, Cuba, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam at the turn of the 21st Century

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