TheSoviet economy, 1945-91 / Robert C. Stuart -- The CIS as a international institution / Neil Robinson -- Aspects of economic development in the CIS / Gennady Polonsky -- Russia / Demid Golikov -- Belarus / Luba Demidkina -- Ukraine / Paul Kubicek -- The five states of central Asia / Michael Kaser -- The three caucasian states / Michael Kaser -- Moldova / Ronald J. Hill -- Energy and raw materials / Olga Kuznetsova -- Change and continuity in manufacturing / Marianne Afanassieva -- Financial services / Olga Kuznetsova -- Social divisions in CIS countries / Stuart Griffin -- Russia and east Asia / Terence P. McNeil -- Relations with the United States / Laura Richards Cleary -- Relations with European countries / Bogdan Szajkowski, Nïeves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán.