Przemiany strukturalne gospodarki województwa łódzkiego w latach dziewięćdziesiątych
Abstract
Transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy generates many
changes bothn of local and national character. The role of the Lodz Province tends to undergo
a constant evolution within the systemic transformation taking place in Poland. The province
needs structural changes in its economy in order to raise its effectiveness and adapt it to new
market conditions. The present article is focussed on presentation of structural transformations
in the local economy in the 1990s and discussion of different concepts concerning restructuring
of this administrative province. There are identified main factors of transformations and
analysed changes in the structure of employment and sales according to their types, in the
structure of local economy according to sectors and ownership. Main characteristics of these
transformations include relative stabilisation of industry in the province, on the one hand,
and growing role of services, on the other hand. Moreover, a rapid growth of employment
in the private sector tok place. It should be noted that the analysed process of structural
transformations is a long-term phenomenon by its very nature and it is continued all the
more so as the new territorial division of Poland came into force as of January 1st 1999.
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