01355cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF010372 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451928488 0047-083X BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. IMF Survey : Volume 28, Issue 17. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (16 pages) IMF Survey <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The rationale for IMF lending to Russia has been widely questioned, as have the record of earlier programs and the use made of previous IMF loans. In the following article, John Odling-Smee, Director of the IMF's European II Department, explains that the resumed lending was fully justified to support Russia's most recent economic policies. Mode of access: Internet IMF Survey; IMF Survey ; No. 0028/017 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/023/0028/017/023.0028.issue-017-en.xml IMF e-Library