This Report provides a thoughtful and broad-ranging analysis of Western assistance to transition in the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Hungary and Poland. The Report also gives a list of concrete and practical recommendations which deserve to be carefully studied by decision-makers in both donor partner countries and recipient partner countrie
Krzysztof Ners, Arjan van Houwelingen, Michael Palmer, Kate Storm Steel
Foreword -- Introduction -- The Context for Western Assistance to the ČSFR, Hungary and Poland -- Definition and Forms of Western Assistance -- Experience of Western Assistance to Date -- Disbursement and Absorption -- Conclusions and Principles Governing Western Assistance -- Recommendations -- The Assistance Coordination Council -- Lessons from the Three Countries’ Experience for the Other Post-Communist States of Europe as they Enter Transition -- Grant Equivalent Value (GEV) -- Notes on Task Force Members and Other Contributors -- Contributors to the Work of the Task Force -- Institute for EastWest Studies