long-term care policies. The population of Russia is aging and declining rapidly compared to other European nations. Russia … increasingly fewer young people. Women are having fewer children and are waiting longer to have children. Russia's mortality …-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries among adult men. Two key challenges face Russia. The first challenge is whether public expenditure …

instruments that can help Russia achieve the necessary spatial transformation of its economy. Russia's long history as one of … will require significant improvements across all aspects of the economy. Russia's economy faces many challenges, some of … period of communism. But as the largest country in the world, it is not surprising that many of Russia's problems relate to …

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 …

review examines financial services in Russia, but also emphasizes the need for a set of good practices, or benchmarks, for … international community, and those in emerging markets. The review finds that most people in Russia do not consider themselves … of the existing rules and practices in Russia, compared to international good practices on consumer protection in …

This report suggests measures to help Russia develop a formal, competitive labor market over the medium term. The study … addresses four major questions: (1) How well has Russia been able to redress the misallocation of labor inherited from its … required in a market economy? (4) How well has Russia been able to reduce explicit protection offered by firms and create an …

This report documents the current levels and patterns of public investment in Russia, analyzes the institutional …

The objective of this study is to 1) review the situation and trends in terms of child welfare outcomes in Russia; 2 … children identified as particularly vulnerable in Russia: children deprived of birth family upbringing and children with …

Russia is reforming its education system to meet the needs of the country's evolving economic structure with its … Government of Russia is investing a significant part of its limited education budget into Information and Computer Technology …; and appropriate skills to be developed by students. The report then describes the situation in Russia as it exists today …