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 …

traditional areas of first-generation reform and the areas of institutional reform that have been emphasized lately. These policy … authors first discuss the general principles underlying market-oriented reform. Second, they present various indicators of the … the process of economic reform"--World Bank web site …