Serbia's Transition Towards a Better Future
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Date
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Thursday, 24 June 2010
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Venue
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Alumni Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
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Speaker/Author
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Professor Milica Uvalic, Department of Economics, University of Perugia
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Discussants
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Professor Saul Estrin, Management Department, LSE
Laza Kekic, The Economist Intelligence Unit
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The book provides a comprehensive evaluation of the achievements and failures of the transition to a market economy in Serbia, and explains why the process has been more complex than in other parts of the former communist world and in many ways unique. Milica Uvalic analyses 20 years of economic transition in Serbia.
Starting from Serbia's favourable initial conditions in 1989 while still part of Yugoslavia, it proceeds to discuss the difficult 1990s characterized by high political and economic instability, international isolation due to wars and sanctions, and lack of fundamental economic reforms.
The post-2001 achievements and failures of the radically new course in transition taken after the end of the Milosevic regime are evaluated in great detail, including macroeconomic performance, institutional reforms, integration with the European Union, and the impact of the 2008-09 global economic crises. It is essential reading for all interested in the economics of transition.