In Pursuit of Liberalism: International Institutions in Postcommunist Europe

AWS

Solidarity Electoral Action (Poland)

BCR

Commercial Bank of Romania

BPH

Bank Przemysłowo-Handlowy of Krakow (Poland)

BRD

Romanian Bank for Development

CBI

central bank independence

CDR

Democratic Convention of Romania

CEE

central and eastern Europe

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CPU

Communist Party of Ukraine

CRS

Congressional Research Service

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC

European Commission

ECB

European Central Bank

EMU

European Monetary Union

ESCB

European System of Central Banks

FDSN

Democratic National Salvation Front (Romania)

FIDESZ

Federation of Young Democrats (Hungary, from 1988)

Fidesz-MPP

Fidesz–Hungarian Civic Party (Hungary, from 1995)

FSN

National Salvation Front (Romania)

GDP

gross domestic product

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IFI

international financial institution

IFOR

Implementation Force (NATO-led international force in Kosovo)

IMF

International Monetary Fund

MDF

Hungarian Democratic Forum

MHB

Hungarian Credit Bank

MKB

Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank

MNB

National Bank of Hungary

MoD

Ministry of Defense

MoF

Ministry of Finance

MSzMP

Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party

MSzP

Hungarian Socialist Party

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBP

National Bank of Poland

NBR

National Bank of Romania

NBU

National Bank of Ukraine

NGO

nongovernmental organization

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OT

Obronna Terytorialna (Poland)

OTP

National Savings and Commercial Bank Limited (Hungary)

PDSR

Party of Social Democracy of Romania

PfP

Partnership for Peace

PiS

Law and Justice Party (Poland)

PRM

Greater Romania Party

PSD

Social Democratic Party (Romania)

PSL

Polish Peasant Party

PSM

Socialist Party of Labor (Romania)

PUNR

Romanian National Unity Party

PUWP

Polish United Workers’ Party

SFOR

Stabilization Force (NATO-led mission in Bosnia)

SLD

Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)

SzDSz

Alliance of Free Democrats (Hungary)

UDMR

Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romanian

UN

United Nations

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USD

Social Democratic Union (Romania)

UW

Freedom Union (Poland)