interaction among Russia's deteriorating fiscal fundamentals, its weak micro-foundations of growth and financial globalization …Russia had more-or-less completed the privatization of its manufacturing and natural resource sectors by the end of …, lowered real interest rates, and spurred investment. Instead, Russia suffered a massive public debt-exchange rate …

This study examines whether foreign direct investment inflows facilitate upgrading of export quality in host countries … affiliates in the upstream (input-supplying) industries. This relationship is present irrespective of export destination or …

: (1) earning income (export goods in which Russia has traditionally had a comparative advantage); (2) diversification and …-mineral exports. Russia's lagging regions have much more tenuous international engagements than the rest of Russia in exports and … development and could be an important item on Russia's regional policy agenda. Such policies might have a variety of objectives …

This paper documents an unusual and possibly significant phenomenon: The export of skills embodied in goods, services …

concludes with policy directions for improving export competitiveness and transparency in infrastructure projects, and local …