The Foreign Exchange Crisis in Belarus: Causes and Effects

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Posted Date: 1 August 2011 by Leonid Zlotnikov
Belarusian economist Dr. Leonid Zlotnikov provides an in-depth analysis of how the unsustainable economic policies of the Lukashenka regime brought about the current financial crisis in Belarus. Assessing the two potential trajectories of the country’s economy — sustained state control or market liberalization — Dr. Zlotnikov argues that unless systemic reforms are undertaken the crisis will keep deteriorating.

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Dr. Leonid Zlotnikov is a Belarusian economist.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Center for European Policy Analysis.

External source of this news: http://www.cepa.org/ced/view.aspx?record_id%3D315

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