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Tables of Contents for The Economies in Transition
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of tables
x
 
Acknowledgements
xi
 
Introduction and overview
1
62
China
Political background
63
81
Direct elections at the local level
63
5
Human rights
68
23
China and Taiwan
91
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