Challenges of Post-Soviet Economic Transition
The severe economic decline in post-Soviet states was driven by the immense difficulty of the transition process. This involved not only dismantling the entire centrally planned economic structure but also simultaneously creating new, functioning market institutions from scratch, including establishing the rule of law.
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