Accession for Development in Russia and the CIS. The key policy conclusions of each of the chapters are highlighted in this … described here is available on the website www.worldbank.org/trade/russia-wto. This paper first explains the potential … first part treats trade policy (with applications to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS]). The second …

households gaining. They find that global free trade would result in a weighted average gain to households in Russia of 0 … of 0.2 percent of consumption). Russia, as a net food importer, loses from subsidy elimination, and the gains to Russia … from tariff cuts in other countries are too small to offset these losses. The results strongly support the view that Russia …

telecommunications companies in Russia has been a significant issue in Russia's accession negotiations. Jensen, Rutherford, and Tarr use …

questionnaires completed by specialized research institutes in Russia. The authors estimate that Russia will gain about 7.2 percent … estimate that the largest gains to Russia will derive from liberalization of barriers against multinational service providers …

machinery, vehicles and transport equipment are mostly exported to Russia and other CIS markets, which account for 74 percent of … Russia's WTO accession in 2012 competitive pressures on Belarus' major market for non-mineral exports have further …

"The authors use data from a large nationally representative survey in Russia to analyze the distributional and welfare … implications of draft avoidance as a common response to Russia's highly unpopular conscription system. They develop a simple …