This 2002 edition of OECD's periodic reviews of Russia's economy examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects and  includes special features on small business and entrepreneurship, gas and electricity regulation and reform, and fiscal federalist relations.

Assessment and recommendations
I. Economic overview
-Output, investment, consumption and inflation: recent developments
-The balance of payments
-Monetary policy
-The state budget, fiscal policy, and government debt
-Commercial banking and financial markets
-The sources and sustainability of growth
-Concluding comments: prospects and risks
II. Small business and entrepreneurship
-Introduction
-The Russian small business sector: Basic information
-Problems in the small business sector
-Recent trends in small business development
-The Improvement of the climate for small business: key issues
-Programmes, policies, and reforms
III. Gas and electricity: regulation and reform
-Introduction
-The structure of the gas and electrical power industries
-Regulation
-Payments, prices and subsidies
-Finance and investment
-Reform
IV. Fiscal federalist relations: recent trends and prospects
-Introduction
-Problems in fiscal federalist relations in the Russian Federation and considerations for reform
-Recent policies and trends
-Subnational budgetary autonomy: the big question
-The new fiscal federalism programme for the period until 2005 and prospects for future reform
Bibliography
Appendices
-I. The 2001 OECD survey of small businesses: background and methodology
-II. Training, information, consultancy, and business services for small businesses