Evaluating Economic Liberalization

1. Front Matter

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2. Evaluating Economic Liberalization: Issues, Concepts and Approaches

   • Mark McGillivray, Oliver Morrissey

   Pages 1-17

3. Assessing the Impact of Economic Liberalization Programmes: A Survey of Empirical Methodologies

   • Mark McGillivray

   Pages 18-59

4. Measuring Trade Liberalization in Africa

   • Chris Milner, Oliver Morrissey

   Pages 60-82

5. Political Economy Dimensions of Economic Policy Reform

   • Oliver Morrissey

   Pages 83-102

6. Methodological Issues in Assessing the Impact of Economic Reform on Poverty

   • Andrew McKay

   Pages 103-129

7. Evaluating Trade Liberalization Using Smooth Transitions Analysis

   • David Greenaway, Steve Leybourne, David Sapsford

   Pages 130-145

8. Structural Adjustment and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Smooth Transitions Analysis

   • Mark McGillivray

   Pages 146-162

9. Mozambique: Economic Reform and Reconstruction

   • Tony Addison, Clara de Sousa

   Pages 163-185

10. Vietnam: An Economy in Transition or In Between?

    • Karel Jansen

    Pages 186-210

11. Market-Oriented Policy Reforms and Manufacturing for Export in Sri Lanka

    • Prema-chandra Athukorala

    Pages 211-232

12. Back Matter

    Pages 233-240

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Liberalization - economic policy reforms to render economies more market-orientated - is a central issue in most countries of the world. This important contribution to the literature of liberalization analyzes theoretical issues and experiences of reform. Existing approaches to evaluating the effects of reform are reviewed, difficulties of measuring liberalization are discussed, the complex ways in which reforms can impact on individuals and groups are illustrated, and the importance of political concerns are addressed. The final four chapters offer detailed case studies of Pakistan, Mozambique, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.

• development
• Economic Development
• economic growth
• economic policy
• political economy
• reforms
• transition

• RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

  Mark McGillivray

• Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT), The University of Nottingham, UK

  Oliver Morrissey

• School of Economics, The University of Nottingham, UK

  Oliver Morrissey

TONY ADDISON Lecturer in Economics, University of Warwick PREMA-CHANDRA ATHUKORALA Senior Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Australian National University, Canberra CLARA DE SOUSA Lecturer in Economics, University of Maputo, previously at University of Warwick DAVID GREENAWAY Professor of Economics and Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham. He was Chairman of CREDIT from 1995-1998 KAREL JANSEN Research Fellow at the ISS, The Hague STEVE LEYBOURNE Reader in Econometrics, University of Nottingham ANDREW McKAY Lecturer in Economics and an Internal Fellow of CREDIT, University of Nottingham CHRIS MILNER Professor of International Economics and an Internal Fellow of CREDIT, University of Nottingham DAVID SAPSFORD Professor of Economics, University of Lancaster

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