UN UNIVERSITY FORUM ON TRANSITION ECONOMIES TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 MARCH
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UN UNIVERSITY FORUM ON TRANSITION ECONOMIES TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 MARCH
19970317 NEW YORK, 17 March (UNU) -- The United Nations University's (UNU) next Public Forum will present an overview of a UNU study on the reintegration of transition economies in the global market system. The event will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Monday, 24 March, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium. Staff of the United Nations, the permanent missions, non-governmental organizations, the press, and members of the academic community are invited to attend.Mihaly Simai, Professor of the Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and former Director of the United Nations University World Institute on Development Economics Research, will be the guest speaker. Some of the questions to be addressed by Professor Simai include: What are the global political and economic consequences of the changes taking place in central and eastern Europe, China, and Viet Nam? Are the institutional adaptation and adjustment efforts in the transition economies efficient and conducive for their integration with global markets? How is the increasingly competitive global market system -- whose rules and standards are set mainly by strong business groups and powerful States -- reaching to the changes?
He will also address such questions as: To what extent are severe socio-economic problems rooted in the past? To what extent are they related to the high costs of transition, including the reintegration process? What opportunities are offered by the integration with the global markets? How will it promote the modernization of the transition economies in Europe, China, and Viet Nam? Is the democratization process a precondition of integration with global markets? Will the changes in these countries be a source of greater global security? What implications do these changes hold for international organizations, and particularly the United Nations system?
The UNU's Public Forum series is intended to make available the results of UNU research on issues of relevance to the United Nations system and the international community, and to stimulate discussion on policy analysis. Further information may be obtained from: United Nations University, Office in North America, tel: 212-963-6387; fax: 212-371-9454; e-mail: unuona@igc.apc.org
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