In Russia rather new instrument of regional policy appeared - regional investment forums. What are the characteristics of the new market, its evolution and its special features? About what does the success rate of Russian regional forums, which was created by the on-line magazine "The Capital of the Country" and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, speak?more
Russia has lost the status of the world leader. This fully applies to its system of higher education. What is going on with Russian universities? How do Russian students and professors live? How can we change the current state of things?more
The question of future has always been interesting for people. And there have always been various ways to predict it. Today to predict the future the procedures of forecasting, planning, futurology and foresight are used. But what is the difference in these approaches? Where is the society by seizing the future moving to?more
The appearance of the inner combustion engine in late 19th century boosted up the serial automobile production in early 20th century. Today the inner combustion engine is still in hand of the world’s automakers, but the whole century improved the product in the form of smaller innovations. So the fuel question arises. What is the nature of bio-fuel? And what are the main aspects of it?more
The national priority project "Affordable and comfortable housing to the Russian citizens" has the main goal to make housing affordable for 30% of households by 2010. The national housing market includes 85 different parts (85 Russian regions) which should be monitored regularly. So what methods have been applied to better understand Russian housing market? And what are the results?more
In the modern world almost all the countries, federative or unitary, consist of some parts. So, the goal of all governments should be providing a homogeneous territory development, socially and economically. But in practice it is rather difficult to reach an absolute parity among the country territories and some level of regional inequality will always take place. How does this regional inequality affect the economy?
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