Volume 13, Number 6, October-November-December 2002

	Overcoming Institutional Barriers and Sociocultural Conflicts in China By Chi Fulin
	China Removes Barriers for Private Firms
	China Is Becoming the World's Manufacturing Powerhouse
	Wolfensohn and Putin Praise Russia-World Bank Relations
	The Great Divide and Beyond: Financial Architecture in Transition  By Erik Berglof and Patrick Bolton
	Russia Needs a Competitive Banking Sector
	World Bank/IMF/EBRD Agenda
	How Do Men and Women Fare in Transition Countries? A New World Bank Report By Pierella Paci Box: Gender and Equality of Opportunities Box: Gender in the World Bank's Work
	How the Celtic Tiger Did It: Ireland's Rapid Convergence with the Industrial World By F. Desmond McCarthy
	Central Europe's Ireland?--Interview with Hungary's Economy and Transportation Minister about Launching New Investment Promotion Program
	Unilateral Educational Disarmament? UNICEF Social Monitor Warns Transition Countries against Hasty Educational Reforms
	Tax Systems in Transition By Pradeep Mitra and Nicholas Stern
	Old Tax Habits Die Hard in Russia
	British Business Misses Opportunities in Southeast Europe  By James Ker-Lindsay
	SITE Crime and Punishment: The Opportunity Cost By Yuri Andrienko Regional Political Cycles in Russia By Ekaterina Zhuravskaya Demand for Corporate Governance in Russian Industry By Sergei Guriev, Olga Lazareva, Andrei Rachinsky, and Sergei Tsoukhlo Conference Announcement
	LGI/OSI The Link between Research and Policy: Communicating Findings Effectively By Rayond J. Struyk Box: Some Characteristics of Transition Country Think Tanks
	Bank of Finland Problems with Economic Statistics in Russia By Sergey Nikolaenko Baltic States on Their Way to Joining the EU By Soili Makelaimen-Buhanist Federal Shareholdings in Russian Companies--Origin, Forms, and Consequences for Enterprise Performance By Alexander Muravyev Too Many To Fail? Inter-Enterprise Arrears in Transition Economies By Antje Hildebrandt Combining Incompatibles: Fixed Exchange Rate, Liberalization, and Financial Development in Estonia By Pekka Sutela
	The Urban Institute Early Experiment with Performance Management in Albania By Katharine Mark and Zana Vokopola Improving Social Assistance Administration in Russia By Rayond Struyk Not Garbage: Improving Local Waste Management in Transition Economies By Gretchen Mikeska and Steve Swanson Box: Trash Collection in Topola, Serbia
	Conference Diary
	New Books and Working Papers
	Reader's Survey