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The Impact Of The Global Crisis On Transition Economies

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  • D. Mario Nuti

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All forecasts for transition countries – the 29 EBRD countries of operation – since mid-2008 have been repeatedly downgraded. The latest forecasts (May 2009) envisage an average income decline of 5 per cent in 2009 and only a small recovery of 1.4 per cent in 2010; performance is very diverse.In general, transition countries faced two shocks: a sudden stop and reversal of capital inflows, and an exports collapse due to the global slump. More specific factors include: 1) Home made sub-primes (domestic loans to households, enterprises and governments originally denominated in foreign currency); 2) External imbalances; 3) Worsening terms of trade for primary products exporters; 4) Fall or reversal of FDI and portfolio investment inflows; 5) Funds withdrawal by foreign banks; 6) External demand reduction; 7) Differences in initial positions and policy response. Earlier membership of the Euro by the new member states through a relaxation of Maastricht rules might have been beneficial, but the current crsis is no time for changing or bending rules. By comparison with the transition recession of the 1990s, the current recession is much smaller and shorter, it benefits from more generous assistance from the international community, and from the more enlightened fiscal and monetary policies now uncharacteristically recommended by International Financial Organisations.

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  • D. Mario Nuti, 2009. "The Impact Of The Global Crisis On Transition Economies," Economic Annals, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade, vol. 54(181), pages 7-20, April – J.
    • Handle: RePEc:beo:journl:v:54:y:2009:i:181:p:7-20
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    Keywords

    global crisis; transition economies; international financial organisations;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
    • P27 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Performance and Prospects
    • P52 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies

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