The Russian Federation faces important economic and social challenges. By 1998 national income was little more than half its level in 1990. Life expectancy for men is now about 61 years, compared to 65 years a decade ago. The rate of suicide and self-inflicted injuries is more than three times...

This dataset includes annual and quarterly detailed data on financial assets such as investment funds shares, net equity of households in life insurance reserves and net equity of households in pension funds reserves and financial liabilities such as short-term and long-term loans as well as...

Coming In from the Cold provides a road map of options to help transition economy policy makers sort through key district heating issues. It finds that district heating systems in formerly socialist countries could save the equivalent of 80 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year through...