Jakość rządzenia w krajach transformujących się
The quality of governance in transition countries

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze changes in governance in transition countries and to evaluate their distance from high-income OECD countries. Six variables that impinge on governance were analyzed. According to many authors institutions are the most important determinant of longterm economic growth, especially in transition countries. Institutional changes are one of three main areas of economic transition (the others are macroeconomic stabilization and microeconomic liberalization). Economic research on economic growth during economic transition confirms that institutions with stabilization and liberalization are the most important determinants. The conclusions of this paper are that in Central Eastern Europe and the Baltic states and in South Eastern Europe there is institutional convergence. However, the Commonwealth of Independent States in the analyzed period only slightly shortened their distance from OECD countries.

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