Collision and Collusion: The Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe, 1990-1997

Although the West promised billions of dollars in aid when the communist East Bloc collapsed, reforms financed by Western taxpayers did little to help the nations of the region reconstruct themselves as free-market states. This work explains where the Western dollars went, why Western nations did so little to help, and why their plans so often backfired. Looks at aid efforts in Central Europe, Russia, and Ukraine, and exposes how Western consultants created systems of tycoon capitalism and rekindled corruption. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.