IISEPS — Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Politycal Studies

Independent Institute of Socio-Economic & Political Studies (IISEPS, Minsk, Belarus),
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE, Washington, D.C., USA)

Project "Principles of Free Market Economy in the Programs and Activity of Leading Actors of Politics and Economics of Belarus"
Seminar 3. "Economic Reforms in Post-communist Society: the East European Experience"
August 25-26, 1995, Grodno

PROGRAM
August 25, 1995
10.30-10.40 - Introduction by Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS)
10.40-11.20 - "Typical mistakes in duscussions on problems of economic reforms in post-communist countries" - by Dr. Igor Pelipas (IISEPS)
11.20-12.00 - "Economic reform in Belarus: conditions, aims, instruments" - by Prof. Stanislav Bogdankevich and Dr. Valery Dashkevich (National Bank of Belarus)
12.00-12.40 - "Economic crime": mechanism of market repression in post-communist Society" - by Dr. Algirdas Degutis (Institute for Property Relations, Vilnius)
12.40-12.50 - Coffee-break
12.50-14.00 - Discussions of the presentations
14.00-15.00 - Lunch
15.00-18.30 - Discussions on the economic reforms in Eastern Europe
Moderator - Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS)
August 26, 1995
10.00-10.40 - "On the conception of labour payment in the Republic of Belarus under conditions of market relations" - by Dr. Alyaksandr Sasnow (Minister of Labour of Belarus)
10.40-11.20 - "Shock therapy": experience of economic reforms in Poland" - by Rafal Antchak and Kshishtof Polonski (Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw)
11.20-12.00 - "Authoritarianism and gradualness: could "chinese model" be accepted in Belarus?" - by Dr. Leonid Zlotnikov (IISEPS)
12.00-12.10 - Coffee-break
12.10-14.00 - Discussions of the presentations and problems of economic reforms in Eastern Europe
14.00-14.30 - Summarizing the results of seminar
Moderator - Dr. Igor Pelipas (IISEPS)
Number of participants - 27