Jacek Osadnik
Poland
Polish Economy Outlook (1989 2007)
1. Introduction.
Since turning point of 1989, Poland has undergone great political, social and economic changes. The biggest achievement of Polish administration and economy are introduction of democratic structures, the shift from a command economy to the free market and wide-ranging systemic reforms.
The start of the economic reform process was extremely tough. During the period of transformation, the Polish economy was still in an awful state and radical reform was selected as the only solution to save it. Without such reforms the costs of the transformation would have been significantly higher and Poland would not have come as far the road towards the EU as it has.
One fundamental priority of successive government has been economic growth. This is not only a condition of improving Poles' standards of living, but also a foundation for realizing the strategic goals of catching up with the developed......
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