Russian-Eurasian Renaissance?: U.S. Trade and Investment in Russia and Eurasia (Stanford Business Books (Paperback)) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804748284 ISBN 13: 9780804748285

Publisher: Stanford Business Books,US, 2003

Synopsis

This book presents an unprecedented dialogue with leading U.S., Russian, and Eurasian economic experts and policy-makers on the pivotal issues of economic reform, trade, and investment, and the prospects for an economic renaissance in the new states of the former Soviet Union. Contributors include Eduard Shevardnadze, Yegor Gaidar, Lee H. Hamilton, S. Frederick Starr, Anders Aslund, and German O. Gref.

About this title

About the Author

Jan H. Kalicki is Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Eugene K. Lawson is President of the U.S.-Russia Business Council.

From the Back Cover

"This timely and valuable book provides a fresh and highly informative understanding of Russia's and Eurasia's integration with the world economy. It does so at a critical time, in light of new strategic and economic realities."
--Daniel Yergin, Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
"This book covers an enormous amount of ground in a very accessible way. It should be of value to anyone in the field, generalist or specialist."
--Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean, Yale School of Management

From the Inside Flap

How might Russia and Eurasia attract private investment and trade from the West over the next several years, and what conditions in Russia and Eurasia may Western investors and traders expect? In this unprecedented volume, leading American experts and policymakers and their Russian and Eurasian counterparts survey economic prospects for the region and assess its important resources and institutions.
The book begins by examining the overall trade and investment outlook in Russia and Eurasia. It then takes up critical sectors: energy, aerospace, automobiles, agriculture, and telecommunications. It turns to current institutional impediments to trade and investment such as problems in corporate governance, the banking system, and the rule of law. The final chapters look to the future and assess the prospects for economic reform, the movement to join the World Trade Organization, and the impact of political dynamics in the region.
The experts are joined by Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze and former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who in their forewords acknowledge not only the crucial importance of trade and investment for the future but also the necessity of bringing the integrity of institutions up to international standards. A third foreword by the former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Lee H. Hamilton, stresses the place of commerce in economic growth and in the integration of Russia and Eurasia with the world community.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stanford Business Books,US
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804748284
• ISBN 13: 9780804748285
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 540
• Editor: Kalicki Jan H., Lawson Eugene K.