The author assesses the temporary and permanent emigration of labor from Ukraine, emphasizing economic costs as well as benefits. He also emphasizes, with reference to international and especially American experience, the potential benefits of immigration.

The author analyzes the functioning of the new global networked economy, based on international division of the production process, and considers how Belarus can best adapt itself to the conditions of such an economy.

The article analyzes why many transitional economies have succeeded by pursuing policies that differed significantly from the radical economic liberalization that was credited for economic success in the countries of Central Europe, while many countries with liberal policies have not succeeded....

The Ukrainian economy (prior to the current crisis) achieved a limited recovery, but its prospects continue to be jeopardized by the split between the industrial east, the agrarian west, and the Kyiv region, by failure to modernize the crucial metallurgical sector, and by chronic political crisis.

The article considers the potential of economy-wide Russian energy efficiency, focusing on methodological issues in aggregating the potentials identified for each sector and the evaluation of indirect energy efficiency gains. Energy efficiency potential doubles, if associated energy use...

Project-based transactions are a market mechanism for attracting foreign investments in order to abate greenhouse gas emissions and increase the energy efficiency of the country's enterprises. The article classifies and analyzes the advantages and drawbacks of project-based transactions from a...

The article considers the problems of derivative instruments in the context of the current economic crisis. Theoretical grounds of these classic transactions are presented in terms of modern capitalist reproduction. Some issues for ongoing discussion on the nature of the crisis are formulated.

The article analyzes current economic conditions in Russia and the mechanism by which the world financial and economic crisis was transmitted to the Russian economy. It discusses changes in the banking system and the stock and housing markets. Production, consumption, and investment at the end...