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Creditworthiness and Reform in Poland
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Many controversies surround Poland's economic and political future and the role that international financial institutions, Western governments and creditor banks should play in trying to shape it. The issues are discussed in this volume from a variety of perspectives, objectively and scientifically, with a minimum of jargon, and without pulling any punches.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Half Title Page
  2. p. i
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  1. Series Information Page
  2. p. ii
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  1. Title Page
  2. p. iii
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  1. Copyright
  2. p. iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vii
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  1. List Of Tables
  2. p. viii
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. ix-xi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Paul Marer and Włodzimierz Siwiński
  3. pp. xii-xiii
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  1. Glossary
  2. p. xiv
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. Paul Marer and Włodzimierz Siwiński
  3. pp. xv-xxiv
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  1. PART I: Overview of the Polish Economy: Causes and Consequences of the Crisis, Partial Recovery, Prospects
  1. 1 Partial Recovery from the Economic Crisis
  2. Jim Prust
  3. pp. 3-12
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  1. 2 The Economy Five Years After Martial Law
  2. Keith Crane
  3. pp. 13-24
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  1. 3 Why Poland Lost Its Creditworthiness
  2. Włodzimierz Siwiński
  3. pp. 25-32
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  1. 4 Agriculture and the Debt Crisis
  2. Michael L. Boyd
  3. pp. 33-36
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  1. 5 Political and Ideological Factors in Agricultural Policy
  2. Nicholas Andrews
  3. pp. 37-44
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  1. 6 The Competitiveness of Polish Industry and Indebtedness
  2. Kazimierz Poznański
  3. pp. 45-60
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  1. 7 The Current State of the Economy
  2. Zbigniew Kamecki
  3. pp. 61-62
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  1. PART II: The Political Economy of Reform in Poland
  1. 8 The Political Economy of Reforms
  2. Włodzimierz Brus
  3. pp. 65-80
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  1. 9 Reform Cycles in Poland, the USSR, the GDR, and Czechoslovakia
  2. Władysław W. Jermakowicz
  3. pp. 81-92
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  1. 10 A Sociologist Looks at Public Opinion, Politics, and Reform
  2. Witold Morawski
  3. pp. 93-102
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  1. 11 Economic Reform Versus Political Normalization
  2. Jack Bielasiak
  3. pp. 103-114
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  1. 12 Present State of the Economic Reform
  2. Zbigniew Fallenbuchl
  3. pp. 115-130
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  1. 13 The Difficulties of Implementing Economic Reforms
  2. Zbigniew Kamecki
  3. pp. 131-132
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  1. 14 Workers’ Self-Management Before and After 1981
  2. David C. Holland
  3. pp. 133-142
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  1. 15 Foreign Trade Reforms Since 1981
  2. Benjamin Slay
  3. pp. 143-150
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  1. 16 Reforms and Export Promotion
  2. Carlo Boffito
  3. pp. 151-162
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  1. PART III: Balance of Payments and Debt Scenarios by Experts in Poland
  1. 17 Factors Influencing Creditworthiness
  2. Stanisław Rączkowski
  3. pp. 165-174
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  1. 18 Poland’s Indebtedness
  2. Zbigniew Kamecki
  3. pp. 175-176
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  1. 19 The Polish Economy and New Credits
  2. Michał Dobroczyński
  3. pp. 177-182
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  1. 20 Economic Performance, Reform, and Debt-Servicing Capability Through 1995
  2. Józef Sołdaczuk
  3. pp. 183-192
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  1. PART IV: Balance of Payments and Debt Service Scenarios By Experts in the West
  1. 21 Hard-Currency Debt Scenarios
  2. Gerhard Fink and Hubert Gabrisch
  3. pp. 195-200
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  1. 22 A Banker’s Perspective on Poland’s Debt Problem
  2. Gabriel Eichler
  3. pp. 201-214
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  1. 23 External Debt and the Polish Leadership
  2. Sarah M. Terry
  3. pp. 215-226
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  1. 24 Poland’s Long Road Back to Creditworthiness
  2. Paul I. McCarthy
  3. pp. 227-240
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  1. 25 Poland’s Debt Situation in Global Perspective
  2. Paul Marer
  3. pp. 241-250
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  1. PART V: Poland in the IMF and the World Bank
  1. 26 History of Poland’s Relations with the IMF and the World Bank
  2. Piotr Mroczkowski
  3. pp. 253-258
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  1. 27 Romania and Hungary in the IMF and Implications for Poland
  2. Petra Pissulla
  3. pp. 259-272
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  1. 28 What Roles for the IMF and the World Bank in Poland?
  2. Paul Marer
  3. pp. 273-278
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  1. 29 Reforms the IMF and the World Bank Should Promote in Poland
  2. Stanisław Gomulka
  3. pp. 279-302
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  1. PART VI: Policy Toward Poland
  1. 30 Strategy and Tactics in U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Eastern Europe
  2. Thomas W. Simons, Jr.
  3. pp. 305-314
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  1. 31 U.S. Policy Toward Poland in a Global Perspective
  2. Zbigniew Brzeziński
  3. pp. 315-322
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  1. 32 The Effectiveness of U.S. Sanctions Against Poland
  2. Nicholas G. Andrews
  3. pp. 323-334
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  1. 33 A New U.S. Economic Policy Toward Poland
  2. John P. Hardt and Jean F. Boone
  3. pp. 335-344
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  1. Appendix
  2. pp. 345-349
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