interaction among Russia's deteriorating fiscal fundamentals, its weak micro-foundations of growth and financial globalization …Russia had more-or-less completed the privatization of its manufacturing and natural resource sectors by the end of …, lowered real interest rates, and spurred investment. Instead, Russia suffered a massive public debt-exchange rate …

: (1) earning income (export goods in which Russia has traditionally had a comparative advantage); (2) diversification and …-mineral exports. Russia's lagging regions have much more tenuous international engagements than the rest of Russia in exports and … development and could be an important item on Russia's regional policy agenda. Such policies might have a variety of objectives …

This paper assesses issues relating to tariffs and nontariff measures (NTMs) in relation to Russia's World Trade … Organization (WTO) and Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) commitments. The analysis finds that full implementation of Russia's WTO tariff … Kazakhstan, would increase by an estimated $194 million, measured against a 2008 baseline. The impact of NTMs in Russia and the …

This paper summarizes the estimates of what Russia will get from World Trade Organization accession and why. A key … finding is the estimate that Russia will gain about $53 billion per year in the medium term from World Trade Organization … sectors. The paper summarizes the principal reform commitments that Russia has undertaken as part of its World Trade …

Accession for Development in Russia and the CIS. The key policy conclusions of each of the chapters are highlighted in this … Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS]). The second part treats World Trade Organization institutions and … disciplines, again with Russia and CIS applications. And the third part focuses on various aspects of the impact of WTO accession …

Russia. The primary estimation strategy adopted is the semi-parametric difference-in-difference with propensity score …