Price And Quality Competitiveness Of Socialist Countries Exports

The centrally planned economies sell exports of raw materials, food, and some manufacturing goods at world market prices. Most of their exports of manufactured goods are underpriced - mostly because they are inferior in quality.

This pricing model for secondary market debt is designed to assess the impact of debt reduction on the value of remaining claims and the market value of different types of guarantees.

This paper presents selected findings from a survey of manufacturing establishments including the costs of private infrastructure provisions and develops policy options for improving the service delivery.