Overview

Since the 1990s, the economic development of Central and Eastern Europe has maintained high economic growth rates, seemingly leading to an era of prosperity. This very positive vision of future economic success, linked to current political backlash and a long history of economic adversity, is a thin veil of the economic “way west” for so-called transition countries. The Middle-Income Trap in Central and Eastern Europe examines the reality of the diminishing marginal utility of further international investments alongside the pitfalls of higher government spending to cultivate innovation which ultimately makes foreign capital less attractive. In this volume authors from diverse disciplinary perspectives reflect on current debates surrounding the developmental bottlenecks in East-Central Europe. Their common goal is to analyze the manner of socio-economic transformation, question of the relevance and impact of the “middle-income trap” and identify possible ways to escape it.

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Author:   Yaman Kouli ,  Uwe Müller
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805391814

ISBN 10:   180539181
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   10 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Transformation of the Transformation? The Middle Income Trap and the Search for a New Development Strategy in the Post-Communist States of Central and Eastern Europe Yaman Kouli and Uwe Müller Part I: Historical Legacies Chapter 1. Poland’s Communist Heritage and Its Impact on Post-1990 Economic Development Yaman Kouli Chapter 2. Institutional Development and Growth as Outputs of Early Transition Policies Tal Kadayer Part II: Development Strategies on the Economic, Entrepreneurial and Individual Level Chapter 3. The Middle-Income Trap and Its Narrow Escape Hatches: Dependent Development and FDI-Led Growth in Romania Cornel Ban and Zoltán Mihály Chapter 4. Between Domestic Entrepreneurship and Global Technology Chains: Upgrading Paths of Two Large IT Firms from Poland Grzegorz Lechowski Chapter 5. The Value of Return Migration - The Case of Bulgaria Birgit Glorius Part III: The Impact of European Integration Chapter 6. The Winners and Losers of Economic Openness: Eastern Europe’s Growth Path Post-1989 Kiril Kosse Chapter 7. Developmentalist Illusion? EU Cohesion Policy, Dependent Development, and the State in East Central Europe Daniel Šitera Chapter 8. East-Central Europe: The Eternal Periphery of the EU? Christian Schweiger Chapter 9. Cohesion Policy for Escaping Middle-Income Trap Andrea Filippetti and Raffaele Spallone Conclusion: Conclusion and Outlook Uwe Müller

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Yaman Kouli was a visiting scientist in 2018 and 2019 at the UMR Sirice 8138 in Paris, funded via a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. From October 2019 on, he has worked as a research assistant at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf. His fields of expertise are Poland’s economic history during the 20th century, the knowledge-based economy and European economic integration before 1914.

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