Content

	Infrastructure Is Once Again Part of the World Bank’s Mainstream Business—Interview with World Bank Executive Director Carole Brookins
TALK OF THE REGION
	World Bank Study Reveals Tainted Links Between the State and Businesses in Transition Economies
	Structural Changes Needed in Russia—Friendly Suggestions from the World Bank
	Accession Will Not Be a Panacea Warns the World Bank—EU-8 Under a Magnifying Glass
NEW FINDINGS
	Unfinished Debate: Economic Growth–Openness–Individual Freedom by Boris Pleskovic Box: Slovenia: The Road from Being Part of Yugoslavia to Independence
	Small Enterprises in Transition Economies: Overpraised and Underdeveloped by Robert J. McIntyre
	Roadblocks to Deregulating Small Business in Russia by Oleg Zamulin
	Close-Up on Russian Enterprises—Results of a Survey by Maria Gorban
	Burdensome Legacy: Public Service Provision by Russian Firms by Pertti Haaparanta, Tuuli Juurikkala, Olga Lazareva, Jukka Pirttilä, Laura Solanko, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
	Hungary’s Multinationals on Expansion Course by Tamás Réti
	Czech Universities: Deep Crisis, Few Prospects by Petr Matějů
	World Bank/IMF/EBRD Agenda
DISCUSSION
	Russian Privatization Revisited—A Debate Between Goldman and Aslund
EVENTS
	China and Russia: Two Leading Scholars Compare Transition Experiences Box: Lessons of the Beijing Conference
	Russia 2015—Conference on Hot Topics by Olga Mosina
BEST PRACTICE
	Balcerowicz, Gaidar, Summers Leading Practitioners Discuss Their Transition Experiences
VOICE
	Making Services Work for the Poor: World Development Report 2004 Stresses Participation
CONFERENCE DIARY
NEW BOOKS AND WORKING PAPERS
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED ARTICLES