The article analyzes significant changes in the Russian health-care system, possible ways of further reforming it, and the objectives of government policy in the current situation. The authors analyze the objectives, priorities, and unresolved problems of the National Project on Health as well...

The article analyzes retraining programs provided by public employment offices in Russia with an emphasis on their potential role during economic crisis. Net impacts of the programs are estimated using a rigorous quasi-experimental evaluation technique. It was found that the impact of retraining...

The author discusses cultural, moral, and institutional factors impeding innovation-based growth in Ukraine, with an emphasis on the inability of the state to perform its proper regulatory functions.

The article reviews the growing role and significance of intellectual resources for expanded reproduction and their structural and substantive aspects. It is shown that in the period from 1990 to 2007 total personnel working in research and development declined significantly. The author offers a...

The author argues that the source of the crisis in Russia was not a crisis in the banking system, but rather a disruption of the balance of supply and demand for energy and raw material commodities in international markets, as a result of prices driven up by speculation and their subsequent...

The article discusses current issues in health economics, such as investments in health, the specific characteristics of medical services, state regulation, and a mixed economy in health care. The author emphasizes the potential of budget financing of health care as well as the principles of...

The article deals with key tendencies in the development of Russia's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in the first decade of the twenty-first century. It reveals the importance of the active role played by the state in the area of corporate control. Special attention is given to the...

The article presents an overview of the current economic situation in Russia and in the world and possible scenarios of future economic development. Two possible anticrisis economic policies are consideredâcountercyclical and anti-inflationâand their advantages and drawbacks are examined. The...