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• Foreign Direct Investment in Russia: Why Doesn't It Come? Should There Be More of It?

This paper starts with a brief description of recent Russian economic and political developments and identifies the poor institutional capacity of the state as the major obstacle to growth. Then cross-country regressions are used to provide evidence for two arguments. First, the single most important factor limiting the inflow of FDI to Russia seems to be the inefficiency of the government - its inability to enforce rules and regulations. It is not the lack of the rule of law, or high level of corruption, or insufficient democratization, or low degree of economic freedom. Second, given the poor government effectiveness, the benefits of FDI are quite weak and may be outweighed by cost (repatriation of profits, but no transfer of technology).

... (trust in political institutions in Ukraine is markedly lower than in Belarus). Institutional ... Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the basis of polls of enterprises in the late ...

• Canadian Foreign Policy
• Vol. 13 Nbr. 2, July 2006

• New Tomb to Be Built for Chornobyl's Ruins

KYIV, Ukraine -- Twenty-two years after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, work is underway on a colossal new shelter to cover the ruins and deadly radioactive contents of the exploded Soviet-era power plant. The explosion at reactor No. 4 on April 26, 1986 was the world's worst nuclear accident, spewing radiation over a large swath of the former Soviet Union and much of northern Europe. It directly contaminated an area roughly half the size of Italy, displacing hundreds of thousands of people. In the two months after the disaster, 31 people died of radioactivity, but the final toll is still debated. The World Health Organization estimates that about 9,300 will eventually die from cancers caused by Chornobyl's radiation. Groups such as Greenpeace insist the toll could be 10 times higher.

..., is almost complete, Ukrainian and EBRD officials say. Later, the 20,000-tonne arch -- 105...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 26, 2009