In this paper we systematize existing theoretical and empirical, often contradictory, knowledge of leading international economists and foreign institutions about reciprocal and causal relations between income distribution, economic growth and income poverty, in order to highlight the importance...

Russia belongs to the energy superpowers. It is a country rich on raw materials and selfsufficient state that possesses the largest gas reserves, second largest coal reserves and seventh largest oil reserves in the world. Raw materials and energy sources still form so-called backbone of the...