Der Band dokumentiert die Beiträge des o. g. Symposiums der Dräger-Stiftung, das im Oktober 1996 in Lübeck stattfand. Aus dem Inhalt: Session I: C. Fred Bergsten: The Place of International Economic Organizations in Globalized Markets - Is There Room for Multilateral Governance? (17-27); Comments (28-42); Caio Koch-Weser: Globalization and Transition Economies: World Bank Group Strategies in a Changing Market (43-52); Comments (53-59). Session II: Juha Kähkönen / Massimo Russo: The Role of the International Monetary Fund in Ensuring Sustainable Growth and Future Competitiveness for Transition Countries (63-79); Comments (80-91); Hanns-D. Jacobsen: Supplementary Intervention. Opportunities to be Exploited: OSCE and CEFTA (93-96); Klaus Kinkel: Introductory Remarks (97-100); Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The Integration of Economies in Transition into the World Economy (101-105). Session III: Yves Berthelot: The Place of Transition Countries in the International Economic Organizations and the Evaluation of Development and Adjustment Strategies since 1989 (109-120); Comments (121-126); Anton Kruiderink: Lessons for Future Assistance - Do We Need a New Policy Approach? (129-135); Comments (136-147); Hanns-D. Jacobsen: Supplementary Intervention. The Role of International Educational Institutions (149-152). Session IV: Günter Rexrodt: Germany's Future Role in the International Economic Organizations and in the Global Economy (155-160); Comments (160-163); Edith Cresson: The Role of the European Union in the Global Economy (165-170); Grigory A. Yavlinsky: The Special Perspective of the Russian Federation (171-174).