1.  During the remainder of the century there will certainly be other similar developments using Western money and expertise.

2.  But not even an oligarch thinks an infusion of Western money would fix the anarchy in which assassins thrive.

3.  But there were arguments in favor of trying to pump in Western money to keep it alive through modernization.

4.  Developing-country governments can do more to improve the health of their people than simply getting hold of western money and ingenuity.

5.  For all the problems, many experts agree that western German money is slowly creating the basis for what ultimately could be a spectacularly modern economy.

6.  Indeed, he refuses to accept western money to close Chernobyl unless Ukraine gets the new reactors too.

7.  Much of the Western money flowing into Russia so far has come from institutional investors that are willing to take on big risks in search of short-term returns.

8.  No, western German money will not stop flowing eastward.

9.  Putin has even said that Russia should be prepared to do without Western money if forced to choose between receiving financial assistance and prosecuting its war in Chechnya.

10.  Russia, it seems, is not the only part of the former communist world where large injections of western money have fostered corruption rather than promoting reform.