The objectives of this Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) are to: (i) provide an up-to-date, fact-based analysis of …

-based growth and most importantly, poverty reduction. It does this by combining an assessment of the investment climate faced by …

importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization as part of Russian WTO accession, the authors also include FDI and … households gaining. They find that global free trade would result in a weighted average gain to households in Russia of 0 … of 0.2 percent of consumption). Russia, as a net food importer, loses from subsidy elimination, and the gains to Russia …

barriers against multinational service providers. They assume that foreign direct investment in business services is necessary … perfect competition. The ad valorem equivalent of barriers to foreign direct investment have been estimated based on detailed … questionnaires completed by specialized research institutes in Russia. The authors estimate that Russia will gain about 7.2 percent …

Russia has seen even higher oil windfall in the past few months, which translates into likely fiscal surpluses this … export diversification in Russia, and food and energy inflation in Europe and Central Asia region. In the first, results show … Russia and other countries in Europe and Central Asia are contributing significantly to consumer price inflation …

from Russian authorities, the World Bank conducted a diagnostic review to help Russia design an effective consumer … in Volume I, and analyzes the existing rules and practices in Russia, in comparison with international good practices …

Union - Cost Adjustment Methodologies and Certain Anti-Dumping Measures on Imports from Russia - Second complaint)” (DS494). …

"In defiance of its unimpressive track in structural reforms and relatively low foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows …