Synopses & Reviews
This volume offers a multi-author survey and analysis of economic developments in the Russian Federation since the collapse of Communism and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1989-91. It covers the period 1991--98 and in some areas extends to 1999-2000.
About the Author
Brigitte Granville is Head of the International Economics Programme, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, and Director of CAIS, Moscow. Peter Oppenheimer is Fellow of Christ Church, University of Oxford, where he was previously Tutor in Economics. Since April 2000 he has been President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction,
Brigitte Granville and Peter Oppenheimer2. The Political and Societal Environment of Economic Policy, Christopher Granville
3. Dimensions of Transition, Barry Ickes
4. The Problem of Monetary Stabilization, Brigitte Granville
5. Taxation and Public Expenditure, Clemens Grafe and Kaspar Richter
6. Privatization and the Structure of Enterprise Ownership, John Earle and Saul Estrin
7. The Banking Sector, Michael Dimitrieff, Mikhail Matovnikov, Leonid Mikhailov, and Ludmila Sycheva
8. Financial Markets, Dirk Willer
9. External Trade and Payments, Andrei Lushin and Peter Oppenheimer
10. The Oil Industry: Structural Transformation and Corporate Governance, Nat Moser and Peter Oppenheimer
11. The Labour Market, Simon Commander and Andrei Tolstopiatenko
12. The Development of Small Enterprises, Anders Aslund
13. The Reform of Agriculture, Carole Scott Leonard and Evgenia Serova
14. Housing and Utility Services, Irina Starodubrovskaya
15. Regional Income Differences, Philip Hanson
16. Poverty, Jeni Klugman and Sheila Marnie
17. The Health Sector: Illness, Medical Care, and Mortality, Christopher Davis