A decade of transition : achievements and challenges / editors, Oleh Havrylyshyn, Saleh M. Nsouli.

Selected papers presented at an IMF conference held in Washington D.C., Februaryy 1-3, 1999, sponsored by the European I and II departments and the IMF Institute.

Includes bibliographical references.

A decade of transition / Oleh Havrylyshyn and Saleh M. Nsouli -- Opening address / Michel Camdessus -- Disinflation in transition, 1993-97 / Carlo Cottarelli and Peter Doyle -- Growth in transition countries, 1990-98 / Oleh Havrylyshyn and Thomas Wolf -- Inflation and growth in transition / Sanjay Kalra and Torsten Sl k -- Lessons of the Russian crisis for transition economies / Yegor Gaidar -- Time to rethink privatization in transition economies? / John Nellis -- Banking sector reform in Central and Eastern Europe / Lajos Bokros -- Challenges for the next decade of transition / Nicholas Stern -- Institutions and the underground economy / Simon Johnson and Daniel Kaufmann -- Transition and the changing role of Government / Vito Tanzi and George Tsibouris -- Inequality during transition / Branko Milanovic -- Concluding remarks / Shigemitsu Sugisaki.