Contents: The great Euro debate. Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest: the least expensive cities in Eastern Europe. China's reform focuses on streamlining government. Revisiting good and bad globalizers. World...
World Bank Group coordinates private sector activities - new facility: Business Partnership Center. Poverty and inequality in China (Yvonne Ying). Common pitfalls in measuring welfare during transition...
Dramatic population trends in countries of the FSU (Timothy Heleniak). Poverty in Russia--an assessment (Jeni Klugman). Checklist for action in the Russian economy (Michael D. Intriligator, Robert McIntyre...