Poland's New Golden Age : Shifting from Europe's Periphery to its Center
The objective of the paper is (i) to help fill the gap in knowledge on the long-term economic history of Poland; (ii) to provide a new perspective to the debate on the economic future of Poland, with a special focus on its historically unprecedente...
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AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE LEVEL BANK OFFICE BENCHMARK BUSINESS CLIMATE CENTRAL BANK CITIZENS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE RATE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CRAFTSMEN CRISES CURRENCY CUSTOMER SERVICE DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPOSITS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC SAVINGS DOWNSIDE RISKS ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC POWERS ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC STATISTICS EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS EXPOSURE FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMICS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL POPULATION GROWTH MODEL GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME TAX INCOMES INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT RATE LABOR MARKETS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONG-RUN GROWTH LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW FERTILITY MARKET ECONOMIES MINORITY MOBILE PHONE MODERNIZATION MONETARY ECONOMICS MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL ENDOWMENTS OLD REGIME OPEN MARKETS OUTPUT POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL STABILITY POPULATION AGEING POPULOUS COUNTRIES PORTFOLIO POWER PARITY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF SERVICES REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GDP RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCOMES REPATRIATION REPLACEMENT RATE RICH COUNTRIES RULE OF LAW SAFETY SAVING RATE SAVINGS SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL PROGRESS SOCIAL STATUS STOCK MARKET TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TERTIARY EDUCATION THIRD WORLD TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION WAGE GROWTH WAGES WAR WEALTH WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING POPULATION WORLD ECONOMY YOUNG ADULTS |
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AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE LEVEL BANK OFFICE BENCHMARK BUSINESS CLIMATE CENTRAL BANK CITIZENS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE RATE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CRAFTSMEN CRISES CURRENCY CUSTOMER SERVICE DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPOSITS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC SAVINGS DOWNSIDE RISKS ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC POWERS ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC STATISTICS EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS EXPOSURE FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMICS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL POPULATION GROWTH MODEL GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME TAX INCOMES INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT RATE LABOR MARKETS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONG-RUN GROWTH LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW FERTILITY MARKET ECONOMIES MINORITY MOBILE PHONE MODERNIZATION MONETARY ECONOMICS MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL ENDOWMENTS OLD REGIME OPEN MARKETS OUTPUT POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL STABILITY POPULATION AGEING POPULOUS COUNTRIES PORTFOLIO POWER PARITY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF SERVICES REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GDP RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCOMES REPATRIATION REPLACEMENT RATE RICH COUNTRIES RULE OF LAW SAFETY SAVING RATE SAVINGS SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL PROGRESS SOCIAL STATUS STOCK MARKET TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TERTIARY EDUCATION THIRD WORLD TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION WAGE GROWTH WAGES WAR WEALTH WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING POPULATION WORLD ECONOMY YOUNG ADULTS Piatkowski, Marcin Poland's New Golden Age : Shifting from Europe's Periphery to its Center |
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The objective of the paper is (i) to
help fill the gap in knowledge on the long-term economic
history of Poland; (ii) to provide a new perspective to the
debate on the economic future of Poland, with a special
focus on its historically unprecedented post-transition
growth experience; and (iii) to analyze critically long-term
growth projections for Poland. The paper argues that (i)
Poland has just had probably the best 20 years in its
economic history, growing the fastest among all European
economies and one of the fastest worldwide; (ii) by 2013, it
Poland achieved levels of income, quality of life, and
well-being likely never experienced before, including
relative to Western Europe, a natural benchmark; and (iii)
Poland is well placed to continue converging with the
Western European levels of income, permanently moving from
the economic periphery of Europe, where it languished for
centuries, to the European economic center. The twenty-first
century thus promises to become Poland's new Golden
Age. The paper calls for further research on the lessons
from Poland's successful growth model for other
countries in the region and beyond as well as on the
long-term implications of the rise of Poland for the future
of Europe. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Piatkowski, Marcin |
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Piatkowski, Marcin |
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Piatkowski, Marcin |
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Poland's New Golden Age : Shifting from Europe's Periphery to its Center |
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Poland's New Golden Age : Shifting from Europe's Periphery to its Center |
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Poland's New Golden Age : Shifting from Europe's Periphery to its Center |
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Poland's New Golden Age : Shifting from Europe's Periphery to its Center |
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Poland's New Golden Age : Shifting from Europe's Periphery to its Center |
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poland's new golden age : shifting from europe's periphery to its center |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-168562021-04-23T14:03:32Z Poland's New Golden Age : Shifting from Europe's Periphery to its Center Piatkowski, Marcin AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE LEVEL BANK OFFICE BENCHMARK BUSINESS CLIMATE CENTRAL BANK CITIZENS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE RATE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CRAFTSMEN CRISES CURRENCY CUSTOMER SERVICE DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPOSITS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC SAVINGS DOWNSIDE RISKS ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC POWERS ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIC STATISTICS EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS EXPOSURE FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMICS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL POPULATION GROWTH MODEL GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROJECTIONS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME TAX INCOMES INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT RATE LABOR MARKETS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONG-RUN GROWTH LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW FERTILITY MARKET ECONOMIES MINORITY MOBILE PHONE MODERNIZATION MONETARY ECONOMICS MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL ENDOWMENTS OLD REGIME OPEN MARKETS OUTPUT POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL STABILITY POPULATION AGEING POPULOUS COUNTRIES PORTFOLIO POWER PARITY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF SERVICES REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GDP RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCOMES REPATRIATION REPLACEMENT RATE RICH COUNTRIES RULE OF LAW SAFETY SAVING RATE SAVINGS SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL PROGRESS SOCIAL STATUS STOCK MARKET TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TERTIARY EDUCATION THIRD WORLD TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION WAGE GROWTH WAGES WAR WEALTH WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING POPULATION WORLD ECONOMY YOUNG ADULTS The objective of the paper is (i) to help fill the gap in knowledge on the long-term economic history of Poland; (ii) to provide a new perspective to the debate on the economic future of Poland, with a special focus on its historically unprecedented post-transition growth experience; and (iii) to analyze critically long-term growth projections for Poland. The paper argues that (i) Poland has just had probably the best 20 years in its economic history, growing the fastest among all European economies and one of the fastest worldwide; (ii) by 2013, it Poland achieved levels of income, quality of life, and well-being likely never experienced before, including relative to Western Europe, a natural benchmark; and (iii) Poland is well placed to continue converging with the Western European levels of income, permanently moving from the economic periphery of Europe, where it languished for centuries, to the European economic center. The twenty-first century thus promises to become Poland's new Golden Age. The paper calls for further research on the lessons from Poland's successful growth model for other countries in the region and beyond as well as on the long-term implications of the rise of Poland for the future of Europe. 2014-02-04T16:34:51Z 2014-02-04T16:34:51Z 2013-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18347962/polands-new-golden-age-shifting-europes-periphery-center http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16856 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6639 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Poland |