Economists, privatization in Russia and the waning of the ‘washington consensus’

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 374-415

  Florio, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development economics; International organizations; Privatization in Russia; Structural adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746388742     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290110126146     Document Type: Article

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