Volume 12

	Managing World Bank Operations in the Balkan Hot Spot—Interview with Country Director Christiaan J. Poortman Box: The Road to Stability and Prosperity in Southeastern Europe—A Regional Strategy Paper
	The William Davidson Institute The Virtual Economy and Economic Recovery in Russia by Clifford G. Gaddy and Barry W. Ickes Box: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeliene K. Albright Joins the William Davidson Institute Ukrainian Bankruptcy Law Offers Alternative to Liquidation by Richard Wolfe and Gleb Glinka Recent Working Papers of the William Davidson Institute Economist Prescribes Slow, Steady Reform for "Sick" Asian Economies Conference Announcements
	Latvia’s Dilemma: Financing Accession Costs While Maintaining Fiscal Constraint by Inna Steinbuka
	The World Bank Is Not Giving Up on Middle-Income Countries by James D. Wolfensohn Box: Clipping the World Bank's Wings: A Critic Speaks Out
	Understanding the Communist Election Victory in Moldova by Arcadie Barbarosie Box: The World Bank Carries On in Moldova
	Meeting the Challenge of Globalization in China by Chi Fulin Box: Recession Can Be Prevented in China
	The Income Gap in China: Rural Areas Need a Lift by Zhao Manhua
	MIGA Launches Improved Privatization Information Service: www.privatizationlink.com by Birgit Braunwieser
	The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) From Regatta to Big Bang? The Impact of the EU Accession Strategy on Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe by Erik Berglöf and Gérard Roland Research on Labor Mobility in Russia Receives Global Development Network Award An Interview with Winners Guido Friebel and Sergei Guriev Box: The Art of "Attachment" Working Papers
	The Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative/Open Society Institute Fiscal Decentralization: Basic Policy Guidelines for Practitioners by Kenneth Davey Enlarging the Database for Local Initiatives for Resolving Ethnic Conflict: Call for New Best-Practice Studies The Practice of Best Practices by Mátyás Gáspár Types of Subnational Governments in the Russian Federation World Bank Institute and LGI Offer Urban and City Management Course LGI/OSI Publications
	Bank of Finland Publications
	World Bank/IMF Agenda
	Conference Diary
	New Books and Working Papers
	Bibliography of Selected Articles