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.
