Russian economic reforms as seen by an insider : success or failure? /
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Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Royal Institute of International Affairs. International Economics Programme. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | London : Royal Institute of International Affairs, International Economics Programme ; Washington, D.C. : Distributed worldwide by the Brookings Institution, 2000. |
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Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Summary: | Russia's struggle to build a market economy on the ruins of central planning has been strongly criticized by Western observers. A paper by the World Bank's chief economist, Joseph Stiglitz, entitled "Whither Reform?" contains a set of 'accusations' representative of this trend. Mau uses the arguments contained in Stiglitz's paper to reflect on the Russian transformation. He shows that most of the criticisms originate from a complete ignorance of the transformation that Russia had to undertake, and argues that this transformation has actually been a revolution. |
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Physical Description: | x, 56 pages ; 20 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-56) |
ISBN: | 1862031088 |
Author Notes: | Vladimir Mau is director of the Russian government's Working Centre for Economic Reform and deputy director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition in Moscow. |