From Plan to Market: Teaching Ideas for Social Studies, Economics, and Business Classes

From Plan to Market: Teaching Ideas for Social Studies, Economics, and Business Classes
Grade: 9-12   Lessons: 10
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Pages: 152    Copyright: 1997
Order #: 495-5    ISBN: 1-56183-495-5
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Overview

Drawing on data from the World Bank's "World Development Report 1996," this guide focuses on the transition from central planning to markets in Central and Eastern Europe, the independent states of the former Soviet Union and China.


Detailed Information

Drawing on data from the World Bank’s "World Development Report 1996," this guide focuses on the transition from central planning to market orientation in the economic systems of Central and Eastern Europe, the independent states of the former Soviet Union, and China.

10 lessons explore such issues as:

  • What is the legacy of planned economies?
  • What forms of privatization are being tried?
  • What is the social cost of the transition?


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