The Former Soviet Union in Transition

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A collection of papers assessing the economies of the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union, prepared by a large number of government and private experts at the request of the Joint Economic Committee, US Congress. The volume is divided into six sections: the transition to market economies; integration into the world economy; key sectoral developments (energy/agriculture/environment/science/ transportation); defense and conversion; human resources affecting the economy; and political- economic profiles. Each section is introduced with an overview essay. Paper edition (unseen), $35. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
 

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I THE TRANSITION TO MARKET ECONOMIES
1
198591
8
REFORMATION REVOLUTION OR RESTORATION?
34
POSTSOVIET ECONOMIC REFORMS IN PERSPECTIVE
57
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BY REPUBLIC IN THE FORMER USSR 198190
81
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES GORBACHEVS POLICIES AND THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SOVIET UNION
120
THE NEW EAST AND ITS PREFERRED TRADE REGIME THE IMPACT OF SOVIET DISINTEGRATION
145
WHOS FEEDING WHOM? AN ANALYSIS OF SOVIET INTERREPUBLIC TRADE
162
D Science and Transportation
594
CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS
607
THE POSTSOVIET SPACE PROGRAM
624
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COLLABORATION WITH FORMER SOVIET COUNTRIES
643
TOWARD A CIS PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR INVENTIONS
660
IV DEFENSE AND CONVERSION
676
PROGRAM FOR THE 1990s AND BEYOND
681
RUSSIAN DEFENSE POLICY AFTER THE BREAKUP
699

HERITAGE OF THE GORBACHEV ERA
183
A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD
195
A BALTIC CASE STUDY
217
THE GAINS FROM PRIVATIZATION
239
SOME COMPARISONS WITH CENTRAL EUROPE
254
MEASURING THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN RUSSIA
272
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND INDEXATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
289
SOCIAL SECURITY IN TRANSITION IN THE SOVIET UNION 19851991 AND IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1992
310
IS THERE A BASIS FOR FREE ENTERPRISE?
329
PROSPECTS FOR COMMERCE A FRENCH PERSPECTIVE
344
PROSPECTS FOR COMMERCE A GERMAN PERSPECTIVE
352
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE SOVIET SUCCESSOR STATES
359
THE ROLE OF EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES IN THE NEW EAST
376
FROM RICHES TO RAGS?
388
THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CONVERTIBILITY
404
RUBLE CONVERTIBILITY AND EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EQUILIBRIUM
421
OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES
438
III KEY SECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS
454
A Energy
460
REPUBLIC ENERGY SECTORS AND INTERSTATE DEPENDENCIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES AND GEORG...
476
A SUMMARY REPORT OF THREE MISSIONS LED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
505
DIFFERENCES IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD CONSUMPTION AMONG THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
513
US AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AND ASSISTANCE TO THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
540
WIDESPREAD AND COSTLY
576
CONVERSION OF MILITARY INDUSTRIES IN THE SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
712
THE CHALLENGE FACING PLANT MANAGERS
725
CHINAS UNHERALDED DEFENSE CONVERSION
734
RUSSIAN DEFENSE CONVERSION UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT
749
CONVERSION REGIONAL ECONOMIES AND DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN RUSSIA
762
THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIES OF THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES OF EURASIA
778
V HUMAN RESOURCES AFFECTING THE ECONOMY
786
DEMOGRAPHIC PROSPECTS IN THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
790
A NOTE ON THE EMIGRATION OF RUSSIAS TECHNICAL INTELLIGENTSIA
815
CONTINUING NEGATIVE HEALTH TRENDS IN THE FORMER USSR
835
FROM REFORM TO FRAGMENTATION TO TRANSITION
847
THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND REFORM IN THE HOUSING SECTOR OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
868
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION IN THE FORMER USSR
884
VI POLITICALECONOMIC PROFILES
904
RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 15 FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
908
RUSSIA
945
UKRAINE
956
THE CENTRAL ASIAN STATES
966
THE TRANSCAUCASUS
974
MOLDOVA
985
BELARUS
998
ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS
1014
INDEX
1184
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Sivu 35 - But apart from this contemporary mood, the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.
Sivu 35 - But, soon or late, it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
Sivu xxiii - W. Averell Harriman Institute for the Advanced Study of the Soviet Union.
Sivu 36 - Now freed of these constraints, it is easy to imagine these competitive impulses racing ahead of our Western form of corporate capitalism, which has grown flabby and slow. It is possible to imagine a future of Russian capitalism that asserts itself early in the 21st century as the envy of the world.

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