Pension reform is a key policy challenge in Russia. This paper examines how pension spending could increase in Russia …

Russia, the Baltic states and the other countries of the former Soviet Union inherited health and education systems …

The divergence between production and consumption indicators in Russia suggests that the magnitude of the output …

This paper reviews the extent to which the Fund’s trade policy advice to the Baltic countries, Russia and other …

In 1992 Russia unified the multiple exchange rates that had applied to international transactions. This paper describes … the multiple exchange rate system that existed in Russia prior to mid-1992 and undertakes a theoretical exploration of the … foreign exchange markets of changes in the types of policy instruments associated with Russia’s exchange rate regime reform …

Although various factors point to a more arduous and longer transition in Russia than in Eastern Europe, the broad … Russia needs external financial assistance, it must be willing and able to pursue economic policies that ensure that the …

Though many aspects of Russia''s fiscal policy framework are close to best practice on paper, actual practice in recent …

This paper examines how regional disparities have evolved in Russia and how Russia's system of intergovernmental fiscal … with federal systems of government, Russia stands out with its high reliance on direct taxes as a revenue source for its …