U.S. Assistance for market reforms: Foreign aid failures in Russia and the former Soviet bloc

Independent Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 393-418

  Wedel, Janine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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ECONOMIC REFORM; INTERNATIONAL AID; MARKET TRANSITION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034068715     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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