The book is about economic developments and policies in the first decade or so after the independence of the fifteen countries that emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. In those years, the countries were beginning the transition from the Soviet central planning system...

This paper explains the IMF''s impact on economic policies in Russia, focusing on where the IMF made a difference. The Russian economic and political leadership essentially determined economic policies. The IMF''s influence was modest: it had only a limited impact on overall fiscal policy and...

This paper explains the IMF`s impact on economic policies in Russia, focusing on where the IMF made a difference. The Russian economic and political leadership essentially determined economic policies. The IMF`s influence was modest: it had only a limited impact on overall fiscal policy and the...