Russia has seen even higher oil windfall in the past few months, which translates into likely fiscal surpluses this … export diversification in Russia, and food and energy inflation in Europe and Central Asia region. In the first, results show … Russia and other countries in Europe and Central Asia are contributing significantly to consumer price inflation …

from Russian authorities, the World Bank conducted a diagnostic review to help Russia design an effective consumer … in Volume I, and analyzes the existing rules and practices in Russia, in comparison with international good practices …

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 …

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

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

"In light of the recent argument that rapid economic growth in Russia over the next decade might result in emissions … costs and benefits of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by Russia. They conclude that even under a very high economic … economic growth, Russia still benefits from a net surplus of emissions allowances, and thus will not see its growth adversely …

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 …