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Converging European Transitions

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Expectations of a broader convergence of living standards worldwide have spread at the same time as emerging markets and mature democracies seek to attract foreign investment in order to accelerate economic growth. In this increasingly competitive global environment, the protection of property rights becomes a convergence criterion, together with openness to international markets for goods, services and assets, and a stable macroeconomy. In the EU, multilateral surveillance procedures and convergence programmes have been implemented to facilitate progress towards a medium-term orientation of macroeconomic policy. These practices may also provide benchmarks for emerging markets, blurring the difference between “transition” and “development”: in particular, they define “converging European transitions” for EU applicants. Given that emerging economies have experienced a substantial fall in their perceived standards of living after the financial crises of 1997-99, the ability to ... Les attentes d’une plus grande convergence des niveaux de vie se sont répandues dans toutes les régions du monde, alors même que les marchés émergents et les vieilles démocraties s’efforcent d’attirer l’investissement étranger pour accélérer leur croissance économique. Dans cet environnement mondial de plus en plus concurrentiel, la protection des droits de propriété devient un critère de convergence, parallèlement à l’ouverture des marchés internationaux des biens, des services et des capitaux, et à la stabilité macroéconomique. Au sein de l’Union européenne, des procédures de surveillance multilatérale et des programmes de convergence ont été mis en place afin de faciliter les progrès vers une orientation à moyen terme de la politique macro-économique. Ces initiatives fournissent également des repères aux marchés émergents, gommant la différence entre économies « en transition » et « en développement » : elles définissent en particulier « des processus européens de transition ...
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  • Jorge Braga de Macedo, 2000. "Converging European Transitions," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(10), pages 1335-1365, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:worlde:v:23:y:2000:i:10:p:1335-1365
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9701.00334
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