Globalization and Economic Diversification

Rob Vos is the Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD) of the United Nations, New York, and Affiliated Professor of Finance and Development, Erasmus University, the Netherlands. His most recent books include Uneven Economic Development (with José Antonio Ocampo); Growth Divergences (with with José Antonio Ocampo and K.S. Jomo), Who gains from Free Trade in Latin America?, and Illusions and Disillusions with Pro-Poor Growth.

• Introduction: Integration and diversification: the policy challenge for economies in transition | Institutions and diversification of the economies in transition: policy challenges | Trade, investments and developments in the Western Balkans | International trade and economic diversification: patterns and polices in economies in transition| Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Economies: Strengthening the Gains from Integration | Trends and Patterns of FDI in the economies in transition | Strengthening trade linkages between CIS and China: some empirical evidences from panel data models | Business environment and economic performance in the economies in transition | Remittances in the CIS: Their Economic Implications and a New Estimation Procedure | Addressing the policy challenge in economies which are not rich in natural resources: the case of low-incomes CIS