Russian economic report No. 17 (November 2008), The World Bank

Zeljko Bogetic, Karlis Smits, Ulatov Sergey, Emelyanova Olga and Hernandez Marco

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Abstract: After a decade of high growth, the Russian econoomy is experiencing a slowdown in the wake of the global financial crisis. While Russia's strong short-term macroeconomic fundamentals make it better than many emerging economies to deal with the crisis, its underlying structural weaknesses and high dependence on the price of a single commodity make its impact more pronounced than otherwise. But the crisis also presents an opportunity to address the medium- to longer term challenges of competitiveness, economic diversification, and financial sector modernization which are necessary to boost growth and living standards.

Keywords: Russia; Russian economy; Russian financial crisis; energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 B22 E2 E5 F3 F41 G21 P2 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-11-18
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