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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789602503321

Autore

Jeffries Ian.

Titolo

Economic developments in contemporary Russia / / Ian Jeffries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-85076-7

1-283-10496-2

9786613104960

1-136-85077-5

0-203-83462-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (577 p.)

Collana

Guides to economic and political developments in Asia ; ; 7

Disciplina

338.947

Soggetti

Russia (Federation) Economic conditions 1991-

Russia (Federation) Economic policy 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Economic transition -- Liberalization -- Privatization in the non-agricultural sectors -- Agriculture -- Direct foreign investment -- Macroeconomic stabilization -- Dmitri Medvedev : thoughts on the economy -- Economic performance.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Russia's difficult economic transition from a command economy since the early 1990s.  It covers the financial crisis of August 1998 and the global financial crisis a decade later.  Key subjects covered include economic transition, privatization and liberalization; changes in land ownership and agriculture; energy; foreign direct investment; economic stabilization; and economic performance.  Russia is well endowed with raw materials, especially oil and natural gas; this book argues that in some ways this has not helped Russia's attempts to becom