The transitional economies of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) have enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth and poverty reduction between 2000 and 2007 and this occurred in concomitance with significant increases in private and public transfers to households. The paper assesses the relative...

"This book focuses on intergenerational equity - the fairness to provide an at least as favorable standard of living as experienced today - and the contemporary trends in intergenerational responsibility in the private sectors"--