01632cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012665 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 15.00 USD 9781589061194 1020-7635 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Flood, Robert. IMF Staff Papers, Volume 49, No. 2 / Robert Flood. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (120 pages) IMF Staff Papers <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 This paper explores sources of the output collapse in Russia during transition. A modified growth-accounting framework is developed that takes into account changes in factor utilization that are typical of the transition process. The results indicate that declines in factor inputs and productivity were both important determinants of the output fall. The paper analyzes the behavior of real commodity prices over the 1862-1999 progress. It also examines whether average stocks of health and education are converging across countries, and calculates the speed of their convergence using data from 84 countries for 1970-90. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Papers; IMF Staff Papers ; No. 2002/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/024/2002/003/024.2002.issue-003-en.xml IMF e-Library