measures undertaken in recent years to promote growth in the nonoil and gas sector. Russia's export base has narrowed … various dimensions of Russia's trade performance, including export diversification, sophistication, and survival. A detailed …. Section four analyzes the competition environment in Russia, by presenting analyses of price-cost margins, state ownership …

Russia's exports became further dominated by petroleum and natural gas over the last decade. The sector experienced … double-digit annual export growth in the last decade and represented almost 65 percent of Russia's exports value in 2009 a … in Russia's trade performance. Moreover, Russia's revealed comparative advantage seems concentrated in the 'periphery' of …

"Oil and mineral revenues raise national savings and hence facilitate investment, capital accumulation, and sustained …, but rather a blessing for Sub-Saharan Africa's oil and mineral exporting countries. The country context and political …

earthquakes: Gujarat, India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. There is evidence of a …

"There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early …

"This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and … following observations. First, thanks to steady expansion of trade in goods and services since the mid-1980s, Turkey has become … highly integrated into the world economy. Second, Turkey's export performance in 1996-2004 in EU markets bears strong …