Can Russia Compete

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In recent years the Russian government, concerned about sustaining its economic performance, has sought to promote more diversified and broader economic growth beyond the profitable natural-resource sector. Economic officials would like to see something closer to a knowledge-based economy. One of the areas in clear need of upgrading is the manufacturing sector. This book quantifies and benchmarks the relative strengths of that sector, identifying opportunities to increase Russian productivity and competitiveness.

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Raj M. Desai is a visiting fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He is also a professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A.Walsh School of Foreign Service. Itzhak Goldberg is an advisor for policy and strategy with the World Bank and has been advising government in the postsocialist transition economies since 1990. He has also worked as a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and has taught economics at Ben Gurion University in Israel.