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Reform, Stabilization Policies, and Economic Adjustment in Poland

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The mechanism and dynamics of the recent economic developments in Poland determine the mechanism and the implementation methods for adjustment programmes and stabilization policies. The syndrome of crisis phenomena in Poland is composed of three planes: systemic, structural and political.

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  • Grzegorz W. Kolodko, 1989. "Reform, Stabilization Policies, and Economic Adjustment in Poland," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1989-051, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    4. Koldko, Grzegorz W., 1999. "Ten years of post-socialist transition lessons for policy reform," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2095, The World Bank.

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