Historically planned economies : a guide to the data /

Recent economic policy changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have stimulated worldwide interest in the economic performance of what were once thought of as centrally planned economies. Because of their different economic and statistical systems, efforts to assess the economic performance an...

• Main Author: Marer, Paul
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Arvay, Janos, O'Connor, John
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1992
• Subjects: ECONOMIA PLANIFICADA; DATOS ESTADISTICOS; PAISES SOCIALISTAS; ECONOMIA DE PLANIFICACION CENTRAL; ECONOMIA DIRIGIDA; PLANIFICACION SOCIALISTA

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Initials, acronyms, and abbreviations
• Pt. 1. Primer on data issues
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The framework of central planning
• 3. Statistical implications of central planning
• 4. Statistical implications of transition
• Pt. 2. Global focus
• 5. Framework for comparing economies
• 6. Global tables
• Pt. 3. Country focus
• 7. National accounts
• 8. Moving form NMP to GDP
• 9. Converting national data to dollars
• 10. Country data
• Pt. 4. Technical notes
• 11. Sources and methods
• General notes
• Country notes
• Bibliography.