Publisher's Synopsis
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are determined to seek national independence and to engage in a transformation of their economies. Amongst all of the Soviet Republics, the Baltics are in the strongest position to do so. The period under Soviet rule has led to an unbalanced industrial structure, characterized chiefly in the bias towards large-scale, state-owned, industrial enterprises. However, within this constraint, the Baltics have also succeeded in developing high-tech industry, and this could provide the necessary flexibility to shift the industrial emphasis and adjust to the requirements of international trade.;This volume brings together key economic advisers and academics from East and West to assess the potential for the Baltic Republics to move away from their economic and trade links with the Soviet Union and become successful and autonomous economies. A profile of the region as a whole and the particular problems of each of the Republics is followed by a sectoral analysis, looking at the labour market, environment, industry, agriculture, transport and energy.
