Moving Beyond Assistance

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