The paper provides an overview of the course of economic reform and the performance of the Russian economy since the … early 1990s and an analysis of the structural reform challenges ahead. It assesses the contribution of institutional and … be completed. Secondly, the central challenges of Russia’s second decade of reform are primarily concerned with reforming …

-interest lobbying during the lengthy implementation phase. If the reform is to succeed, the marketised segments of the sector must be …Russia in 2003 embarked on the restructuring of its electricity sector. The reform is intended to introduce competition … with non-discriminatory third-party access to the networks. The ultimate aim of the reform is to create conditions that …

This paper reviews trends, outcomes and issues in regulatory reform in OECD countries. First, it summarises the … reform: i) the move from command-and-control to incentive-based regulatory approaches based on the removal of entry barriers …

. The reform made the tax system more transparent and was broadly consistent with OECD recommendations concerning pro …-growth tax reform. These tax changes followed the adoption of significant changes to the benefit system, particularly housing and …

constructed to examine the influence of regulatory reform on efficiency and price, and to assess the relative efficacy of … different reform strategies. The presence of data with both cross-country and time-series dimensions allows separate …