Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the …

for the future. The study starts with a much discussed question: why Russia did worse economically during transition than …

determinants of enterpriseperformance in Russia, surveyed in this paper, only two firmconclusions can be made. Firstly, more … category performing better, it is newprivate enterprises. The actual situation in Russia on these countsis bad. There is ample …

. Russia s transition since 1992 is examined as an example of the neoliberal approach, while China s transition since 1978 is …

policy advice and mistaken policy choices. Though Russia's performance leaves much to be desired, such criticisms are based … particular the views presented by Jospeh Stiglitz, shows that the Chinese reform path was not available to Russia, that mass … and necessity in policy making more generally. The final section of the paper characterises Russia as a case of weak state …

probit model to explain energy market reform in the first decade of Russia's democratic transition. Our main finding is that …

’. Ukraine and Russia began the market transition with broadly similar institutions, industrial structures and levels of … behind Russia in many areas. The main difference between them is Russia’s far greater resource wealth. It follows that … endowments. In short, Ukraine could provide a rough approximation of how a resource-poor Russia might have developed over the …