Payment Arrears in the Gas and Electric Power Sectors of the Russian Federation and Ukraine /

This paper discusses payments arrears in the Russian Federation and Ukraine, with emphasis on the gas and electric power sectors. Payments arrears, which were triggered primarily by the dislocations experienced during the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, have reached signific...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gurgen, Emine
Other Authors: Bagratian, Hrant
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/162
Online Access:Full text available on IMF