В статье анализируются промежуточные результаты реформирования железнодорожного транспорта России. Приводится характеристика структуры рынка подвижного...

CIS Central Asia’s structural heterogeneity may have deepened since the global crisis of 2008–09. Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are relatively rich oil and gas exporters, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan are poor energy importers, and Uzbekistan is a more diversified but still rather poor...

We assess the effects of reforms in product and labor markets in a model economy featuring credit restrictions and pre-existing long-term debt. Both elements, which are core features of the current scenario faced by some euro area countries, combine to produce a slow and protracted deleveraging...

Italy's government is about to enter a political crisis, mainly due to the negative economic cycle. The author argues that rediscovering a policy of planning, which was one of original goals of the coalition government, may help tackle the situation.

The author, a member of the "Saraceno Commission", describes the debate on the feasibility and objectives of planning in the Italian economy. The article summarises the main discussions on the best strategies to maintain a high rate of growth, eliminate regional and sectorial inequalities,...