00721nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100003200018245006100050260002800111300001300139520044000152583001900592  a01.04.05 C554  aChristensen, Benedicte Vibe  aRussian Federation in transition : external developments  bIMFaWashingtonUSc1994  avii,45p.  aFocuses on Russia's external developments up to mid-1993. Describes the initial macroeconomic imbalances and the three systemic shocks that set the stage for the critical balance of payments difficulties Russia faced in the early 1990s, the interrelationship between domestic and external developments in the early phases of Russia's reform, and the external debt situation. Points to external adjustments issues that Russia will face.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR