‘Post-socialist transformation in a comparative perspective’
Professor Leszek Balcerowicz
Warsaw School of Economics
Former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland have the pleasure to invite you to a lecture on Thursday October 9, 11.00-12.30 with Professor Leszek Balcerowicz from the Warsaw School of Economics on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of political and economic transformation of Poland.
Professor Balcerowicz is the former finance minister (1989-1991) and deputy prime minister (1997-2000) of Poland. He was the principal architect of Poland’s successful economic transformation after the collapse of communism, now commonly known as the ‘Balcerowicz plan’. He later served as governor of the National Bank of Poland (2001-2007). He was also the chairman of the Freedom Union, a free market - oriented party (1995 - 2000).
Leszek Balcerowicz is a recipient of honorary doctorates from more than 20 universities around the world and numerous awards, including Poland's highest decoration – Order of the White Eagle – for his contribution to the systemic transformation and the 2014 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.
The lecture will be introduced and chaired by Torbjörn Becker, Director of SITE.
Time will be available for questions and answers after the lecture.
Date: Thursday, October 9, 11.00-12.30. Starting with registration and coffee 10.30.
Place: Stockholm School of Economics, KAW Lecture Room, Bertil Ohlins Gata 5.
RSVP: Thursday, October 2 to gun.malmquist@hhs.se, Phone: 08-736 96 72
SITE at the Stockholm School of Economics www.hhs.se/site. Since its foundation in 1989, SITE has become a leading research and policy center on transition inCentral and Eastern Europe, including Russia. More recently we have broadened our research focus to include issues relevant to emerging markets and developing countries more generally.
