Featuring Oleh Havrylyshyn, Department of Economics, George Washington University and University of Toronto; Peter Murrell, Mancur Olson Professor, Department of Economics, University of Maryland; Krassen Stanchev, Executive Director, Institute for Market Economics, Bulgaria; Dalibor Rohac, Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute; Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute; Mikheil Saakashvili, Former President, Republic of Georgia; moderated by Marian L. Tupy, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute; and Ian Vasquez, Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989,
communist governments crumbled throughout the Soviet bloc. By late
December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. The pace of
transition from communist dictatorship to democracy and market
economics was uneven. Some countries experienced high rates of
economic growth and rapid return to political freedom, while others
remained stuck in poverty and authoritarianism. Which reforms
worked and which did not? What were the pre-conditions for a
successful transformation and what lessons can non-free societies
learn from the experiences of former communist countries?
9:00 a.m.
Introduction
Marian
L. Tupy
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity,
Cato Institute
9:15-10:45 a.m.
Panel 1: Economic Transition In Ex-Communist Countries:
What Have We Learned from Different Approaches To
Reforms?
