Reformat e Manaxhimit Publik: Hungaria
Public Administration Reforms: Hungary

Author(s): György Hajnal
Subject(s): Governance, Public Administration, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: ASET Albanian Socio - Economic Think - Tank
Keywords: Social Economic Factors; Political System; Administrative System; Reforms
Summary/Abstract: In general, the sources, nature and strength of the influence of external economic factors are the same as those of the Central and Eastern European countries, which can be summarized as follows: 1) Total collapse of almost the entire COMECON trade network and production cooperation. In the case of Hungary, this means, first of all, the loss of markets in external economic sectors (agriculture and food products, certain segments of the machine and electro-technical equipment industry, etc.). 2) The economic and financial crises reached their peak in 1995/1996. International lenders (IMF, World Bank) played an important role in the overall growth – and especially in the liberalization of markets and production reforms in the external segments of the economy and in social policies. 3) Since the mid-1990s, a large number of multinational cooperations have started large investment projects in various sectors of the economy - often with 'high' technology. The pre-transition level of domestic well-being in terms of GDP per capita increased only towards the end of the decade, while indicators also showed an equal distribution of income, which began to improve a few years later.

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