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This book presents an investigation of economic growth in Russia. The sharp decline in the national production that Russia endured in the 1990s resulted in Russia plunging into the poverty trap. The goal of this book is to determine whether and how Russia manages to overcome the poverty trap and initiate and sustain economic growth.
List of contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: post-Soviet transition and poverty trap in Russia
Chapter 2. Modern economic growth theories: Ramsey to Solow
Chapter 3. Economic growth with foreign aid: structuralism and poverty trap
Chapter 4. Economic growth in the post-Soviet Russia: capital and labor
Chapter 5. The structure of GDP growth in Russia: empirical observations
Chapter 6. Economic growth and labor in Russia: internal determinants
Chapter 7. Economic growth and capital in Russia: external determinants
Chapter 8. Exports and imports in Russia: foreign trade
Chapter 9. IMF and foreign debt in Russia: foreign aid
Chapter 10. Conclusion: Poverty trap, economic growth and structuralism
About the author
Ararat L. Osipian is a Fellow of the Elliott School of International Affairs Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
Summary
This book presents an investigation of economic growth in Russia. The sharp decline in the national production that Russia endured in the 1990s resulted in Russia plunging into the poverty trap. The goal of this book is to determine whether and how Russia manages to overcome the poverty trap and initiate and sustain economic growth.
