Transition 3 (6)

The contents of this socialist economies in transition newsletter include: women's employment in Central and Eastern Europe: the gender; population and labor trends in North Korea - bringing mysteries to light; Bulgarian market reform: beating the odds; quotation of the month: the rise of China may well be the transcendent event; PlanEcon's prediction for the Former Soviet Republics; milestones of transition; new books and working paper; World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) agenda; conference diary; and selected articles.