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	CHISINAU, 11 December 2008, 9:00 to 14:00 The Impact of Migration on the Rural Sector of the Republic of Moldova – Social and Economic Aspects

	KIEV, 11 December 2008, 9:30 to 13:00 Scenarios of Social Privileges and Benefits Monetization

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Polish Economic Outlook 3/2008: Special Feature - Resilience of the Polish Economy

Network E-brief 9/2008: Free Trade Agreement Between The European Union and Armenia: How Feasible Is It?

Network E-brief 8/2008: Free Trade Agreement Between The European Union and Georgia: How Feasible Is It?

Network Report No.82: Institutional Convergence of CIS Towards European Benchmarks

Study and Analysis No.372: Stages of the Ongoing Global Financial Crisis: Is There a Wandering Asset-Price Bubble?

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Last update
2008-11-27

Iraj Hashi

Expertise:
bankruptcy legislation, privatization, corporate governance, SME development and policy,

Background:
Current position:
Professor of Economics at Staffordshire University

CASE Projects:
• Russia: Improving Economic Policy Through Think Tank Partnership: Secondary Privatisation and Corporate Governance Mechanisms in Poland and Russia, USAID (2003-present)
• Romania: Preparing proposals for the reform of the Bankruptcy Law in Romania, World Bank, (January - May 2002)
• Kosovo: Privatisation of Socially Owned Enterprises, USAID, (January - July 2002)
• Poland and the Czech Republic: Secondary privatisation, evolution of ownership structure, and corporate governance issues in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia, EU PHARE programme, (2000-2001)

Previous Positions:
• Lecturer at Tehran Business School and Simon Fraser University

Education:
Ph.D. Economics (1979) University of Keele,
M.A. Economics (1970) University of Maryland,
B.Sc. Economics and Engineering (1967) Abadan Institute of Technology

Languages:
English (Fluent), Persian (Fluent), Serbo-Croatian (Working)

E-mail:

Selected CASE publications:

		Законодательная база эффективного корпоративного управления: сравнительный анализ опыта ряда постсоциалистических стран
		Ramy prawne skutecznego nadzoru korporacyjnego: analiza porównawcza wybranych krajów transformujących się
		The Legal Framework for Effective Corporate Governance: Comparative Analysis of Provisions in Selected Transition Economies
		The Development of Insolvency Procedures in Transition Economies: a Comparative Analysis
		Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure in the Transition: The Current State of Knowledge and Where to Go from Here
		The Evolution of Ownership Structure in Firms Privatized through Wholesale Schemes in the Czech Republic and Poland
		Fiscal and Regulatory Impediments to the Entry and Growth of New Firms: A Comparative Analysis of Five Transition Economies
		Barriers to Entry and Growth of Private Companies in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Albania and Lithuania
		The Process of Exit in the Czech Republic 1990-1994: The Nature and Extent of Formal and Informal Exit Mechanisms
		The Economics of Bankrupcy, Reorganisation and Liquidation: Lessons for East European Transitional Economies

Selected International Publications:

		Changes in ownership concentration in mass privatised firms: Evidence from Poland and the Czech Republic
		Industrial Competitiveness and Restructuring in Enlarged Europe: How Accession Countries Catch Up and Integrate in the European Union
		The Development of Insolvency Procedures in Transition Economies: A Comparative Analysis
		Secondary Privatisation in Transition Economies. The Evolution of Enterprises Ownership in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia
		Barriers to Entry and Growth in New Firms in Early Transition
		Financial and Institutional Barriers to SME Growth in Albania:Results of an Enterprise Survey
		Fiscal and Regulatory Impediments to the Entry of New Firms in Five Transition Economies
		The Polish National Investment Fund Programme: Mass Privatisation with a Difference?
		Privatisation and Transition in Albania
		Chapter: "Downsizing as an Exit Mechanism: Comparing the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland"
		Enterprise Exit Processess in Transition Economies


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