This note questions how would approaches to personnel management be changed, so that staff incentives facilitate-rather than undermine-project implementation. To succeed, institutional reform efforts must be supported by public officials. Electronic government (e-government) initiatives pose...

Half a year ago, Russia's economic prospects looked uncertain. The global economy was losing momentum, the expansion in the euro area was grinding to a halt and commodity prices were beginning to fall. Yet, while output growth is slowing this year in line with weaker growth in Europe and...