This analysis, based on more than 70 company case studies across 13 Russian regions during the spring, summer and fall of 2000 and the summer of 2001, examines four key issues that Russian firms face in carrying out business transactions in Russia's regional markets: (i) the state of...

Joseph Schumpeter argued in 1911 that the services provided by financial intermediaries - mobilizing savings, evaluating projects, managing risk, monitoring managers, and facilitating transactions -stimulate technological innovation and economic development. The authors present evidence that...

The authors examine the impact of trade facilitation on bilateral trade flows. They examine trade facilitation and capacity-building priorities in 12 countries in the Europe and Central Asia region - eight of the current members of the European Union: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,...

Im Juli 1997 fand in St. Petersburg ein Workshop zur Privatisierung in Rußland statt. Der vorliegende Bericht enthält neben den Proceedings Fallstudien, die sich mit der Veräusserung von Großunternehmen befassen. Es zeigt sich, daß für einen erfolgreichen Privatisierungsprozess starke...