Number: RL30467 Title: IMF AND WORLD BANK ACTIVITIES IN RUSSIA AND ASIA: SOME CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES Authors: Jonathan E. Sanford, John P. Hardt, and Dick K. Nanto, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division; and Robert H. Howe, Office of Information Resources Management Abstract: This report describes the programs the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have funded in Russia and Asia in recent years in response to economic crises in these countries. It presents the Bank and Fund's own assessments of their activities. It also relates the views of some prominent critics. Pages: 25 Date: Updated March 15, 2000