Editors' introduction.

This article focuses on the topics of the April 1992 issue of "Economic Policy." This special issue is entirely devoted to Eastern Europe. It features five papers presented at the 14th Economic Policy Panel Meeting held in Prague, Czech Republic on October 18-19, 1991. One way or another, Western Europe will channel resources to help the East. As different official agencies contemplate the appropriate nature and scale of support, there is renewed interest in the role of the Marshall Plan in Western European reconstruction after World War II.