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	Commanding Heights : Leszek Balcerowicz \| on PBS
		LESZEK BALCEROWICZ: I think so, but I think it is a part of the job, that things which are very important to people and are fundamentally positive for their lives often meet resistance.
		LESZEK BALCEROWICZ: Well, I studied experiences of Latin America's stabilization before 1989, because I was interested in the experiences of various countries, and this was useful, because in Poland, the starting conditions were more difficult than ones that existed in, say, former Czechoslovakia or in Hungary.
		LESZEK BALCEROWICZ: Well, I remember the first meeting with Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the prime minister-elect, and he really said that, that he needed his Ludwig Erhard; that he wanted somebody who would be the deputy prime minister and at the same time the minister of finance.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitextlo/int_leszekbalcerowicz.html (8399 words)

	Warsaw Voice - Dead on Proposal?
		Balcerowicz proposed that most tax breaks be abolished as of 1999 and two tax rates on personal income, of 22 and 32 percent, be introduced instead of the current three rates of 19, 30 and 40 percent.
		Balcerowicz appealed for his reform proposal to be discussed at a supra-party level, as was the case with pension and local government reforms.
		Balcerowicz answers his opponents, saying that the reform is rejected by those who benefit most from the complicated tax regulations and deductions.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /archiwum.phtml/3520 (1841 words)

	Balcerowicz
		Balcerowicz suggests that a policy would more meaningfully be analyzed by comparing the phenomena in the time period of implementation of that policy to the phenomena that would have occurred under similar circumstances with an alternative policy.
		Balcerowicz then continues on to introduce the concept of a 'maximum speed' for economic and institutional change; although difficult to quantify, he believes all structures have a maximum speed of transformation, and disregard for the issue of maximum speed leads many to make incorrect judgments about certain aspects of transition.
		Balcerowicz points out that there are inherent human limitations of information processing and learning, and he refers to what he calls a 'reform possibilities frontier' (analogous to the production possibilities frontier).
	econc10.bu.edu /economic_systems/Theory/Transition/Balcerowicz.htm (1141 words)

	Studio Guest: Leszek Balcerowicz \| Made in Germany \| Deutsche Welle \| 22.04.2005
		Leszek Balcerowicz is president of the National Bank of Poland.
		Leszek Balcerowicz: This depends, as I said, on the pace of fiscal reforms in Poland.
		Leszek Balcerowicz: Well, I share the view of the European Central Bank that some of these modifications are a risk from the point of view of fiscal discipline.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1550533,00.html (647 words)

	Warsaw Voice - Stability and Reform
		Balcerowicz is not popular with those who lost out on the reforms, but the West regards him as the father of Poland's successful transformation.
		Balcerowicz now has the opportunity to put his second plan into operation, and this could be another watershed for the Polish economy.
		Balcerowicz believes the currency is relatively safe now, due to considerable reserves and the government's determination to prevent a crisis.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /archiwum.phtml/3170 (636 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leszek Balcerowicz was born in Lipno, Poland in 1947.
		In September 1989 Leszek Balcerowicz became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the first non-communist government in Poland after II World War.
		In January 2001, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland appointed Leszek Balcerowicz to the post of the President of the NBP.
	www.nbp.pl /en/onbp/organizacja/cv/prezes_zyciorys.html (446 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Balcerowicz said he believes the EU should spell out "a minimum package of reforms" to be implemented by applicant countries in order to qualify for early membership of the 15-nation union.
		Balcerowicz acknowledged that many critics have said that Poland's admission to the EU is problematic because of the difficulty of accommodating its large number of farmers.
		Balcerowicz had been due to speak to the RIIA on the "implications for Poland of the international financial crisis." But on emerging from a meeting with Chancellor Brown yesterday, he told reporters that the "global crisis" which looked so dangerous only a month ago now seemed less serious.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-11/nov13b.rfe (628 words)

	Znak Publishers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Balcerowicz attempts to find answers to some crucial questions from the domain of social philosophy, political science and analytical economy.
		Yet, as Balcerowicz writes, this is the situation in every country, and that is why we should fight for the development in a peaceful way, which is political and social engagement for the sake of a good programme.
		Professor Leszek Balcerowicz was the vice-premier and Minister of Finance in the first post-Communist Polish government.
	www.znak.com.pl /ang/balcerowicz_02.php (207 words)

	CER \| Poland: A political compromise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On 22 December 2000, the candidature of Leszek Balcerowicz as the new governor, proposed by President Aleksander Kwaśniewki, was approved by the Sejm.
		Leszek Balcerowicz is a 53-year-old professor of economics.
		Also, Balcerowicz, as a governor of the central bank, is a guarantor for international financial centres of the independence and sovereignty of this institution.
	www.ce-review.org /01/3/majcherkiewicz3.html (1617 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leszek Balcerowicz His first visit to Georgia Professor Balcerowicz paid in the fall of 1995.
		In reply, Professor Balcerowicz expressed deep regret at the fact that they in Poland, while dealing with the Communist regime, had hurriedly abolished the Planning Committee instead of transforming it into the ministry of economy.
		At the time of Balcerowicz’s visit in Georgia, the Ministry of Economy was, I would say, the best model of “good” government, as it played the least possible role in economic life and provided maximum liberty to competitive market forces for the benefit of economic development.
	www.gfsis.org /publications/8/3.doc (564 words)

	Geert Bekaert and Campbell R
		Leszek Balcerowicz, a well-known economist and architect was appointed the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.
		Leszek Balcerowicz, the governor of the Polish Central Bank, has warned that Polish deputies need to accept the government's austerity plan if the country is to avoid financial market disturbances.
		Balcerowicz was of course alluding to the recent volatility on the Hungarian currency and bond markets caused, in part, by the government's failure to rein in fiscal deficits.
	www.duke.edu /~charvey/Country_risk/chronology/poland.htm (6275 words)

	Leszek Balcerowicz: Socialism, Capitalism, Transformation
		After two decades of theoretical work on the defects of the Polish variant of "real socialism," in the fall of 1989 Leszek Balcerowicz was given virtually free hand to translate his vision of an alternative economic system into a bold political program.
		This dual success propelled Balcerowicz to the position of celebrated spokesman for the radical approach to transition.
		As its policy prescriptions—radical macroeconomic stabilization, rapid microeconomic liberalization, and initiation of privatization at the most rapid pace possible—have by now become the current orthodoxy, they will not be discussed in the remainder of this review.
	www.worldbank.org /html/prddr/trans/m&a96/art9.htm (1106 words)

	Presentation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She then provided some background on Leszek Balcerowicz, who was also a former Deputy Prime Minister and former Finance Minister for Poland, and commentators Jan Svejnar, Executive Director of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, and Mario Nuti of the University of Rome and London Business School.
		Balcerowicz said the phrase transition describes the movement of an economy from its initial condition to final outcome.
		Balcerowicz then focused on how these economies fared during their transition, or lack of transition, toward a free market system.
	info.worldbank.org /etools/bspan/PresentationView.asp?PID=955&EID=328 (1153 words)

	Balcerowicz speaks on transitions in Eastern and Central Europe (12/26/93) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Balcerowicz began his lecture by noting that the reforms in Europe are unique for three reasons.
		Emphasizing the importance of economic transition, Dr. Balcerowicz said he believes that only a government that is interested in change can achieve reform, because "the policy of reforms can be controlled," while internal conditions and environmental conditions are beyond anyone's control.
		Balcerowicz said hidden unemployment drains the cash of the government and masks the extent of reforms needed.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1993/529306.shtml (392 words)

	Leszek Balcerowicz - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leszek Henryk Balcerowicz, born in 1947 Lipino, Poland.
		In 1989 introduced the Balcerowicz Plan, a highly successful reform policy package which effectively moved Poland from communism to a capitalist economy.
		Was re-appointed in 1997 and served till 2000.
	www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Leszek_Balcerowicz (233 words)

	Minutes of the meeting of the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum at the European Parliament on Tuesday 7th ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leszek Balcerowicz, President of the National Bank of Poland, stressed the importance of sound fiscal and economic policies in the EU as a whole and the accession states in particular.
		Mr Balcerowicz said it was not obvious that excessive fiscal tightening is the cause of the problems in Germany and France.
		Mr Balcerowicz said that the labour market is now quite flexible in Poland, but he was concerned by the unemployment caused in poor areas by excessively high minimum wages.
	www.epfsf.org /meetings/2003/minutes/minutes_7oct2003.htm (1712 words)

	Leszek Balcerowicz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On December 22, 2000 he became the Chairman of the National Bank of Poland.
		The Balcerowicz Plan - which sought to end hyperinflation and balance the national budget - freed the prices of most consumer goods, established caps for annual increases in state-sector employees' wages, and made the zloty convertible within Poland's borders.
		This article about an economist is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leszek_Balcerowicz (170 words)

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		However, NBP's press office said in a statement issued on Balcerowicz's behalf that he would not take the IMF job as his mission at Poland's central bank was too important to leave.
		Leszek Balcerowicz, governor of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), has been named as a candidate for the position of managing director at the International Monetary Fund.
		They have requested that the event be moved from the Palace of Science and Culture in the heart of the city to an alternative venue, further away from the center so as to prevent the capital being paralyzed by the event's security requirements and anti-globalisation demonstrations.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/040Compecon/Centeur/Poland/040315week.txt (2325 words)

	Central Europe Review - Poland: A bloodless coup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The march toward the EU Among them is Leszek Balcerowicz, who is largely credited with saving the Polish economy by dragging it into the free market system through a series of austerity measures, or "shock therapy" economic reforms, from 1990 to 1992.
		Illustrative of the almost disproportional power they wield is the incident early last November when Balcerowicz's threats to resign over delays in tax legislation caused the zloty to fall to a record low.
		Balcerowicz, with his pledge that his party will continue to support those AWS-proposed bills that "will do good service to Poland," has played a very clever trump card.
	www.ce-review.org /00/24/rohozinska24.html (1394 words)

	A Tough Job for Poland's Tough Guy (int'l edition)
		Although the economy suddenly slowed and 2.6 million Poles are now unemployed, Balcerowicz, high-minded to the last, quit the Cabinet when his coalition partners tried to soften the impact of the cuts.
		Economists say that the best way to stimulate growth without fueling inflation is for Balcerowicz to push through a gradual loosening of interest rates: They suggest a series of 1 percentage-point cuts starting as early as February or March.
		Balcerowicz himself is keeping mum--except to say an easing is possible this year.
	netscape.businessweek.com /2001/01_03/b3715137.htm (696 words)

	CASE People
		Leszek Balcerowicz carried out the plan of rapid stabilisation and transformation of the Polish economy, generally known as the "Balcerowicz Plan".
		Leszek Balcerowicz has been given scholarships to among others, the University of Sussex (1985) and Marburg University (1988).
		Leszek Balcerowicz has lectured at colleges all over the world, including Austria, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Japan, the Czech Republic, India, Italy, Ukraine, Lithuania and the USA.
	www.case.com.pl /strona--ID-o_case_ludzie,osoba_id-4,nlang-710.html (525 words)

	BBC News \| From Our Own Correspondent \| Poland's 'miracle man'
		Leszek Balcerowicz, it's a name which, appearing on the list of senior cabinet ministers, one western banker estimated to be worth at least $2bn to Poland's credit ratings.
		After the fall of communism in Poland Leszek Balcerowicz was finance minister in the first two Solidarity governments, and the author of what was called the 'shock therapy' against the severe sickness brought on by the force-feeding of the Polish economy during the years of communist rule.
		Balcerowicz then drew up a master-plan for liberalising the economy: prices, wages, and much of state-controlled industry.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/45783.stm (900 words)

	National Review: Poland's Erhard? (comparison between Polish fin... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Poland's first post-Communist prime minister, offered Leszek Balcerowicz the post of finance minister in late 1989, he asked him "to be my Erhard"--as in Ludwig Erhard, father of the German economic miracle in the 1950s.
		When Balcerowicz arrived, inflation ran at 40 per cent per month, shops were empty, the zloty was virtually worthless, and the entire economy, from butchers' shops to coal mines, was owned by the state.
		When it came to the micro level, Balcerowicz did not know how to deal with the managers of state enterprises who, instead of cutting costs, researching their markets, and fighting for customers, preferred to try to use their political muscle to gain preferential treatment.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:12936569&refid=holomed_1&COOKIE=NO&token=46687DD40BB24420B21809A7D3AB5078 (1298 words)

	Ludwig Erhard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		(comparison between Polish finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz and the German economist Ludwig Erhard)
		Had Balcerowicz had Erhard's assets-stable politics, a predominantly...
		likely to ask the man not to be his Erhard, but to be his Balcerowicz.
	low-saxon.encyclopedia.st /Ludwig_Erhard (312 words)

	Poland - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He chose for prime minister an economist and former Solidarity activist, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951– ), and the new government included the IMF-backed finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz and other ministers from the outgoing administration.
		A coalition government with the centrist, pro-business Freedom Union (UW), which was led by Leszek Balcerowicz and won 13% of the vote, was formed in November, ending four years of rule by the Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD; Democratic Left Alliance), which won 27% of the vote, and the Peasants' Party, two parties with communist roots.
		The Freedom Union's leader, Balcerowicz, resumed his position as finance minister, which he held when he instituted ‘shock therapy’ liberalizing reforms in 1990, and also became a deputy prime minister.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Poland (3775 words)

	Press Releases, Statements & Transcripts - Embassy of the U.S. in Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Balcerowicz’s visit this week follows a preparatory visit in late July by Dr. Ewa Balcerowicz and Jerzy Miller of CASE Institute, Warsaw.
		At the request of President Shevardnadze, the U.S. government is funding Balcerowicz’s economic advisory activities in Georgia through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the development assistance agency of the U.S. government.
		Balcerowicz served as the former Polish vice-premier and finance minister from 1989 through 1991, implementing a plan of rapid stabilization and transformation, widely known as the Balcerowicz plan.
	georgia.usembassy.gov /releases/release20000808.html (185 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe
		Prime Minister Leszek Miller's minority government last week won a vote of confidence in the parliament by promising to preserve welfare payments and reduce unemployment, measures likely to widen the budget deficit, economists have said.
		Balcerowicz said he also expects the European Central Bank to push for structural changes in Poland, Hungary and the other eight applicant countries.
		Balcerowicz called on the government to complete other reforms, such as selling state assets to boost the efficiency of domestic companies and freeing state funds now spent on subsidies for indebted industries including coal mining, steel and chemicals.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=arfe_E9AtbBs&refer=europe (828 words)

	Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		PM Leszek Miller said in New Delhi that the value of the agreement, at around 300 million USD, can be increased by successive 200 million USD.
		Poznan, Feb. 16: President of the National Bank of Poland (NBP) Leszek Balcerowicz sees the possibility of Poland's joining the European Monetary Union in 2006 provided that the standard two-year ERM2 period is shortened.
		Balcerowicz did not say what the RPP-set target will be in the years after 2003.
	www.polandembassy.org /News/Biuletyny_news/p2003-02-16.htm (381 words)

	Ádám Török
		One such "split" personality is the former Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Leszek Balcerowicz, regarded by many as the father of the Polish economic shock therapy.
		Balcerowicz contributes three precisely formulated conclusions for the understanding of the social and economic transition processes in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe.
		Thus the task in hand is huge, and in Poland, as a minister, Balcerowicz himself took part in accomplishing it.
	www.hungarianquarterly.com /no143/p111.html (982 words)

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