Drawing on two nationally representative surveys, this paper analyzes how and why determinants of household welfare changed in Azerbaijan during the transition in the period from 1995 to 2002. Household welfare is measured by quartiles of total household consumption per capita. Ordered probit...

The author analyzes manifestations of global corruption such as government and political corruption, which led to the successive surrender of the country's strategic interests to the international financial oligarchy.

The article investigates approaches to determining the number of low-wage workers developed in world practice. The reasons for low wages in Russia are revealed, and recommendations to reduce the number of low-wage workers are offered.

The author reflects on the root causes of the failure to carry out numerous Siberian development programs.

The author describes industrialization in Irkutsk oblast during the Soviet period and pronounced deindustrialization in the past two decades, and discusses prospects for industry in the future.