Economy
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Corporate interaction in the area of fight against corruption and tax evasion in the construction sector
This study provides a detailed analysis of tax evasion and corruption in the construction sector in Belarus, Latvia and Finland. The report is based on a survey of construction companies and a study of worldwide experience.
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Belarusian Economic Review, Q1 2017
Centre for Economic Research of BEROC presents the next issue of the quarterly review of the Belarusian economy.
In the current review:
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The influence of financial stress on economic activity and monetary policy in Belarus
The paper determines episodes of financial stress in Belarus during 2004-2016 period using constructed financial stress index, and offers an analytical framework to evaluate the influence of financial turmoil on Belarus's economy, in particular economic activity and monetary policy.
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Macroeconomic forecast for Belarus, No. 1 (14), July 2017
The recovery will continue, yet slowly. Its pace will depend on the consistency of domestic macroeconomic policies, the implementation of agreements on the volume of imports of crude oil from Russia and the growth rate of the Russian economy.
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Population 50+ in Belarus: the experience of using the instruments of social harmonisation in the EU
The first part of the working paper describes the demographic changes and challenges in the world, sets basic indicators reflecting aging of the population, as well as it reviews relevant literature available for Belarus.
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Monetary policy and financial stability in Belarus: current statе, challenges and prospects
This work is devoted to the current state of monetary policy and banking sector of Belarus.
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Public procurement from a single source in the Republic of Belarus: analysis and recommendations
The paper explores legal regulation of procurement from one source and procedures for their conduct, official statistics on public procurement, official information on procurement from a single source and public discussion of the issue.
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8th issue of the Macroeconomic Review of Belarus (IV quarter 2016)
Quarterly issues of the Macroeconomic Review of Belarus represent the unique panorama in over 100 graphs and tables of the key economic indicators covering all sectors of Belarusian economy: real sector, fiscal sector, monetary sector, and external sector. There are less words, more data.
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Work of the High Technology Park: a threefold increase in exports of IT services and what would happen if the park is closed
The results of statistical modeling that involves the method of synthetic monitoring for assessing the impact of High Technology Park on the growth of IT sector show that the creation of the park led to a threefold increase in exports of IT services in Belarus during 2006-2013.
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The anatomy of Belarusian joint stock companies
We do not know how effective the Belarusian enterprises are, what share of the economy belongs to the state, how state-owned enterprises differ from private ones, how labor, capital and materials are distributed between the companies, and how emergence, evolution and exit of enterprises from the
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Implementation of state programmes in Belarus: recommendations to improve the effectiveness
This policy brief examines four possible ways of improving the implementation of state programmes: the identification and use of synergy between the programmes; monitoring and evaluation of programmes; development of a system of incentives for managers who are responsible for implementing program
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Current gender trends in Belarusian labor market: wage gap, child penalty and marriage premium
The issue of gender equality in Belarus labor market is still unclear. On the one hand the rate of female participation is high. At the same time there is evidence of the rising gender pay gap that grew from 16.5% in 2005 to 24% in 2014.
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Causes and characteristics of the economic downturn in Belarus: the role of structural factors
This paper analyses the production downturn that started in Belarus in 2015. The paper shows that the economic recession is the result not only of cyclical fluctuations, but also the structural compression. Moreover, the structural component of the recession in 2016 began to dominate.
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Corruption study based on the survey of Belarusian small and medium-sized enterprises
The paper analyses the surveys of small and medium business in 2014-2016. The authors give a generalised assessment of corruption, examine the levels of corruption according to different grouping features, as well as its influence on the economic development of Belarus.
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The seventh issue of the Macroeconomic Review of Belarus (January-September 2016)
Quarterly issues of the Macroeconomic Review of Belarus represent the unique panorama in over 100 graphs and tables of the key economic indicators covering all sectors of Belarusian economy: real sector, fiscal sector, monetary sector, and external sector. There are less words, more data.
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The anatomy of recession in Belarus
After impressive growth in the 2000s, Belarus’ economy has since the currency crisis of 2011 stalled. Structural issues – dominance of the state sector and directed lending practices – have made growth anemic.
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KEF-2016 "Reforms for engaging growth": key findings and recommendations
This analytical paper is based on the presentations of speakers of the conference "Reforms for engaging growth", which held in Minsk on 3-4 November 2016 within Kastryčnicki Ekanamičny Forum (October Economic Forum).
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Effects of population ageing on the pension system in Belarus
Belarus currently has a relatively generous pay-as-you-go pension system, but population aging coupled with recent problems with economic growth will soon make it unsustainable.
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Indexes of efficiency of government spending
The most affordable way to evaluate the efficiency of public spending at the macro level is the index of effectiveness of government spending (PSP) and the index of efficiency of government spending (PSE).
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Performance evaluation of the National business platform - 2015
Індэкс выканання рэкамендацый НПБ-2015 склаў 34.8% у параўнанні з ацэнкай выканання НПБ-2014 у 41%.
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Trends in the development of small and medium business in Belarus
The dynamics of macroeconomic indicators of small and medium businesses in recent years shows the reduction of its role in the economy of Belarus. The survey of small and medium businesses demonstrates the deterioration of the economic state of enterprises.
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Economic Trends in Belarus (Issue 2, September 2016)
The overview of main trends in the Belarusian economy in the recent months is based on the data presented in a quarterly issue of the Macroeconomic Review of Belarus. Unlike the Review which represents the unique panorama of the Belarusian economy in over 100 graphs and tables, the Economic Trend
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Spatial wage inequality in Belarus
This paper studies the wage inequality in Belarus' districts from 2000 till 2015 following the multistep and multi-mechanism framework.
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Foreign investment: only loans so far
Trends in 2015 did were similar to previous years. Low demand for state-owned assets, as well as lack of flexibility and interest in speeding up the privatisation process remains the main factor of zero dynamics of sales of state assets.
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Consequences of trade wars for Belarus
Trade wars that followed the events of 2014 in Ukraine affected not only their direct participants, but also other countries such as Belarus, through the trade relationship between the countries.
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