The low-income countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States : progress and challenges in transition /
Low income countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States
edited by Clinton R. Shiells & Sarosh Sattar.
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank (WB) , 2004
- vi, 306p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
Debt accumulation in the CIS-7 countries: bad luck, bad policies, or bad advice? / The international community and the CIS-7 countries / Structural reform in the CIS-7 countries / Public expenditure in the CIS-7 countries / Inequality and poverty in the CIS-7 countries, 1989-2002 / Growth and rural poverty in the CIS-7 countries: case studies of Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Moldova / Political obstacles to economic reform in Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan: strategies for moving ahead / Economic development and private sector growth in the CIS-7 countries: challenges and policy implications / The integration of low-income CIS-7 countries into the world trading system / Low pressure, high tension: the energy-water nexus in the CIS-7 countries / Mohsin Khan, Shigeo Katsu -- Samuel Otoo, Sarosh Sattar, and Ekaterine Vashakmadze -- Thomas Helbling, Ashoka Mody, and Ratna Sahay -- Philip R. Lane -- Richard Pomfret -- Mary Betley -- Jane Falkingham -- Louise Cord ... [et al.] -- Pauline Jones Luong -- Naacy Vandycke -- Constantine Michalopoulos -- David Kennedy, Samuel Fankhauser, and Martin Raiser. Preface / Overview /