Research Catalog

Title

The low-income countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States : progress and challenges in transition / edited by Clinton R. Shiells and Sarosh Sattar.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund : World Bank, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Shiells, Clinton R.
• Sattar, Sarosh.
• Low-Income Countries of the CIS: Progress and Challenges (2003 : Lucerne, Switzerland)

Description

vi, 306 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Alternative Title

Low income countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Subject

• Commonwealth of Independent States
• Poverty > Former Soviet republics
• Expenditures, Public > Former Soviet republics
• Former Soviet republics > Economic conditions
• Former Soviet republics > Commerce

Note

• Summary of and selected papers from the Low-Income Countries of the CIS: Progress and Challenges conference, held January 20-22, 2003, in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface / Mohsin Khan, Shigeo Katsu -- Overview / Samuel Otoo, Sarosh Sattar, and Ekaterine Vashakmadze -- Debt accumulation in the CIS-7 countries: bad luck, bad policies, or bad advice? / Thomas Helbling, Ashoka Mody, and Ratna Sahay -- The international community and the CIS-7 countries / Philip R. Lane -- Structural reform in the CIS-7 countries / Richard Pomfret -- Public expenditure in the CIS-7 countries / Mary Betley -- Inequality and poverty in the CIS-7 countries, 1989-2002 / Jane Falkingham -- Growth and rural poverty in the CIS-7 countries: case studies of Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Moldova / Louise Cord ... [et al.] -- Political obstacles to economic reform in Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan: strategies for moving ahead / Pauline Jones Luong -- Economic development and private sector growth in the CIS-7 countries: challenges and policy implications / Naacy Vandycke -- The integration of low-income CIS-7 countries into the world trading system / Constantine Michalopoulos -- Low pressure, high tension: the energy-water nexus in the CIS-7 countries / David Kennedy, Samuel Fankhauser, and Martin Raiser.

Call Number

JBF 04-832

ISBN

158906321X

LCCN

2004301127

OCLC

55492558

Title

The low-income countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States : progress and challenges in transition / edited by Clinton R. Shiells and Sarosh Sattar.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund : World Bank, 2004.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Shiells, Clinton R.

Sattar, Sarosh.

Low-Income Countries of the CIS: Progress and Challenges (2003 : Lucerne, Switzerland)

Research Call Number

JBF 04-832