Russian Federation - Regional
            development and growth agglomerations : the longer term
            challenges of economic transition in the Russian Federation

World Bank

Russian Federation - Regional development and growth agglomerations : the longer term challenges of economic transition in the Russian Federation

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World Bank

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World Bank

Descripción

As Russia continues to make rapid general progress in building modem market institutions, the complex spatial dimension of transformation in the country will continue to present strong policy challenges for many years to come. In fact, these challenges are arguably becoming progressively stronger. As confirmed in this Country Economic Memorandum (CEM), economic growth has become much more unevenly distributed across the Russian Federation in recent years, with a sharp contrast opening up between growth agglomerations in much of the Western part of the country and much more modest development in the East and North. This CEM focuses on regional development in the Russian Federation. It first conducts an examination of recent trends in the regional dimension of growth based on available economic data for the country as a whole. Particular attention is given to the topics of convergence, agglomeration, and the sources of regional growth. In this endeavor, the analysis distinguishes between two quite different recent periods of economic growth: 1999-2003 and 2004-2006. A regional-level survey allows for the examination of perceptions of entrepreneurs working in two poorer-than-average regions that have been exhibiting impressive rates of growth in recent years: Rostov and Tver oblasts. The conclusions obtained in these investigations are then related to the question of what type of a national regional strategy, if any, might be useful for Russia.

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APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES, AVERAGE GROWTH, AVERAGE INCOME, CAPITAL FLOWS, CAPITAL INFLOWS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CITIZENS, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONSIDERABLE DISAGREEMENTS, DEPENDENT VARIABLE, DEVELOPMENT REPORT, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC DECLINE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC TRANSITION, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, ESTIMATED COEFFICIENT, EXOGENOUS VARIABLES, EXTERNAL MIGRATION, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FOREIGN COMPETITION, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HIGH GROWTH, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HUMAN CAPITAL, ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, IMPORTANT POLICY, INCOME LEVELS, INCOME PER CAPITA, INCREASING RETURNS, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, INTERNAL MIGRATION, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT RATE, LABOR CODE, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR SHORTAGES, LABOR SUPPLY, LAGGING REGIONS, LARGE CITIES, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MARKET FORCES, MEDIUM TERM, MIGRANT, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MIGRATION FLOWS, MIGRATION POLICIES, MIGRATION POLICY, MODERNIZATION, NATIONAL OBJECTIVES, NATIONAL POLICIES, NATIONAL PRIORITIES, NATIONAL STRATEGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, OUTPUT GROWTH, POLICY CIRCLES, POLICY DIRECTION, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POPULATION DECLINE, POPULATION DECLINES, POTENTIAL MIGRANTS, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY TRAPS, PRO-POOR, PROMOTING GROWTH, RAPID GROWTH, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, REGIONAL INEQUALITIES, REGIONAL INEQUALITY, REGIONAL INITIATIVES, REGIONAL POLICY, REGIONAL POPULATION, REGIONAL STRATEGIES, REGIONAL STRATEGY, RISING DEMAND, ROADS, SAFETY NET, SIGNIFICANT EFFECT, SOCIAL EXPENDITURES, SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL SPHERE, SOCIAL TENSIONS, SPILLOVER, STANDARD DEVIATION, STATE INTERVENTIONS, STATE POLICIES, SUSTAINABILITY, TECHNICAL PROGRESS, TRADABLE SECTORS, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS, WEAKNESS, WORKING POPULATION