Russia says it will work with WB

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Apr 8 07:03:08 PDT 2002


ChrisD(RJ) wrote:


>Russia's got enormous natural resources and lots of leverage with OPEC. Much
>like China and India, it has enough muscle to wiggle out of the IMF
>straitjacket, IMO.

Russia certainly has potentially enormous leverage, not even counting their nuclear weapons. But natural resources aren't enough. Most resource exporters are politically weak and thinly industrialized.

Doug



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