As Russia continues to make rapid general progress in building modem market institutions, the complex spatial dimension … related to the question of what type of a national regional strategy, if any, might be useful for Russia. …

. The report starts with the hypothesis that Russia's economy is still "in transition," with further scope to boost growth … powerful determinant of Russia's medium-term growth and long-term prospects. There are other contributors to growth, most … notably, the role that high hydrocarbon prices have played in Russia's rapid recovery from the 1998 crisis. In order to …

Russia is reforming its education system to meet the needs of the country's evolving economic structure with its … changing focus on information and services. This is known as the information - or knowledge - economy. The reform effort is now … Government of Russia is investing a significant part of its limited education budget into Information and Computer Technology …

"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post … institutional development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of …-communist economies, but foreign joint ventures rather than wholly owned foreign firms have a positive effect in China. Worker or …

. Forest transition has been observed in many countries and is a feature of the development process. China reached its … virtue of increasing planting and forest management and resource protection effort. The World Bank work in China's forestry … and information of China's forest sector and resources. Chapter three presents findings on collective forest tenure reform …