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Part 1 The new challenge 50 years after Bretton Wood: the internationalmonetary system and the responsibilities of the economics profession; theMarshall Plan from today's perspective; Robert Triffin and the concept of amanaged global monetary reverse system; the challenge of creating a golbaleconomic and monetary environment conducive to a successful transition of theformer centrally planned economies; comments on Minister Maystadt's statementon the challenge of creating a global economic and monetary environmentconducive to a successful transition of the former centrally plannedeconomies; general economic and trade policies of transition countries; isthe international monetary system fit for the task of Eastern Europeanreconstruction?; international financial institutions - their role inreducing uncertainties; public policies and private intermediation. Part 2Are the current approaches of international financial institutions to thetransition problem the right ones?: the Witteveen years; the determinationand consequences of international liquidity; an introduction to appraise theinternational financial institutions' role; the IMF's approach to economiesin transition; the international financial institutions and the challenge oftransition and reconstruction in the former communist countries of Centraland Eastern Europe; World Bank assistance to the countries in transition; tneinformation aspect of foreign capital flows; technical assistance - what morecould be done?; the specific contributions of the EBRD to the transitionprocess; central Eastern Europe's great contraction; the role of the EuropeanInvestment Bank in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe; the role ofbanking in transition countries; Robert Triffin and the Kredietbank; RobertTriffin and the broader dimensions of transition in Central and EasternEurope. Part 3 The transition problem and European integration; liberal tradepolicy and transition strategy; trade policies for transition countries; therole of trade in transition; contribution of the Europe agreements, of PHARE,and of TACIS; European Union financial instruments for Central and EasternEuropean countries in their transition process and in their preparation forEU membership. Part 4 Do we need a new G-7, G-10 or G-24 initiative?: has theWest done enough?; the importance of a well-structured strategy oftransition; proposal for a Marshall Plan for the former Soviet Union;systematic change in Central and Eastern Europe; intra-CIS payments - the"Interstate Bank" project - its genesis and demise; a tale of bridging twoEuropes; Russia and the Bretton Woods institutions; stabilization of theInternational Monetary System and Central and Eastern Europe.