Jeffrey D. Sachs

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What I did in Russia

There is considerable misunderstanding of my role as an economic advisor in Russia in the early 1990s. Therefore, I offer this summary of my personal involvement with Russia’s economic reforms for anyone who might be interested. I begin with some background on my work in Latin America and Central Europe to help explain my approach to economic advising and the nature of the recommendations that I made with regard to Russia’s economic reforms.

This is a working paper that was never published.

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