Transition and Institutions The Experience of Gradual and Late Reformers

This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the mortality crisis which has affected most economies in transition but which has remained so far largely unexplained. It reconciles long-term and short-term explanations of the crisis and makes use of special micro data-sets never used before. By providing a rigorous multidisciplinary analysis of this upsurge in mortality rates, the book hopes to contribute to the launch of vigorous policies to tackle this societal problem.

Giovanni Andrea Cornia is Special Adviser for Research, UNICEF. Vladimir Popov is Visiting Professor in the Department of European and Russian Studies, Carleton University.