Amazon.com description: Product Description: The heightened interest in the prospects for change in the countries of Eastern Europe has made it essential to understand the trends of their development. This series combines insights of Western academic analysts with first-hand critical eveluations by scholars in countries concerned. It is intended as an important contribution to academic and profesional understanding of the economic, political and social issues. This collection of essays covers the main areas of development in the Hungarian economy during the 1980s including; the continuation of reforms, the evolution of the financial sector, developments in agriculture, the CMEA, energy supply and consumption, settlement planning, demographic trends, the reform of STEs and the domestic and international context in which these reforms are taking place.