Transition From Socialist to Market Economies:Comparison of European and Asian Experiences By Shinichi Ichimura,Tsuneaki Sato, William James
Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan  2009 |  320 Pages | ISBN: 0230228038 | PDF | 1 MB



20 years after the collapse of communism in Central Eastern Europeancountries and 30 years after the start of market-oriented reforms inChina, this book provides a framework for understanding the differingemphasis and sequencing of two reforms and explores in-depth theseissues in the demise of communism and the triumph of the market economy.

About the Author
SHINICHI ICHIMURA is a well-known econometrician (the EconometricSociety fellow since 1962) and leading scholar of Asian economies,director of Kyoto University, Japan. He worked in the Institute of SEASfor 1969-79 and was a vice-chancellor of Osaka International University(88-95). He also was director of ICSEAD, Kitakyushu (95-2005) andfounder of East Asian Economic Association (1987)

TSUNEAKI SATO is Professor Emeritus, Yokohama City University, Japan.Between 1987 and 1991 he was President of the Japan Association forComparative Economic Studies (JACES). He was on the Editorial Board ofthe international journal Comparative Economic Studies (1991-95), andworked as temporary research staff with the UN (1992-93, 96-97). He haswritten extensively on the economic reforms in the former Soviet andEastern European Countries and then systemic transformation in thesecountries. In the late 1980s and 1990s, he took part in a number ofadvisory groups for Transition countries. At a conference in Moscowearly in June 1992, he strongly argued against Jeffrey Sachs. His majorwork after the Transformation is The Economic System of Post-Socialism(Iwanami Pub., Tokyo, 1997, in Japanese). His contributions tointernational publications include Moct-Most (No.1, 1995), EconomicSystems (No.2, 1999), Privatization in the Transition Process : RecentExperiences in Eastern Europe, (UNCTAD, Geneve, 1994), Re-evaluatingEconomic Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989 (Budapest,1996) and The 10-Year Review of Transitional Economies and Challengesin the Next Decade (UNIDO, Vienna, 2001).

WILLIAM E. JAMES is a Principal Economist at the Asian DevelopmentBank, Philippines. He regularly contributes to the Asian DevelopmentOutlook and writes extensively on Asian economic issues. He has servedas advisor to trade, finance ministers and central banks in Asia andtaught at several universities in Japan and the US.