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| Good infrastructure is vital for Russia's development. Infrastructure is not simply about technical development and construction of large projects. It is about providing and delivering basic services that people need for everyday life-water, sanitation, traditional and modern energy, roads and other aspects of transport, and access to contemporary information communications technology. Infrastructure is becoming an increasingly important part of the World Bank's program in Russia. There is a strong recognition by the government of the key role that infrastructure plays, both directly and indirectly, in helping to achieve the country's economic reform goals. |
| Developing Residential Mortgage Markets in The Russian Federation | | Date: October 1, 2003
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
This note focuses on the Government of Russia's program to develop residential mortgage markets, in particular the Government's program to create secondary mortgage markets.
The analysis is based on a wide range of World Bank and IFC work on housing markets, housing finance, and communal services in Russia. It is also based on recent visits by World Bank experts to Russia, which included extensive discussions with the key players in the market, and visits to a number of Russian cities. |  |
| Developing Residential Mortgage Markets in The Russian Federation 2 | | Date: June 15, 2003
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
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| Developing Residential Mortgage Markets in The Russian Federation 3 | | Date: June 30, 2003
Published by: World Bank
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| Housing and Communal Services in Russia: Completing the Transition to a Market Economy | | Date: April 30, 2003
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
Altering consumer behavior over time will require effective housing management structures, but this critical issue is absent among the reforms listed in theSubprogram.
This report highlights the importance of creating such housing management structures, if sustainability and the full benefits from reform are to be achieved. This report, therefore, is focused primarily on the role of households and the effects of reforms on consumers, rather than on enterprises and utilities, which are only touched upon.
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| Mine closure and its impact on the community : five years after mine closure in Romania, Russia and Ukraine (ECA Regional Study) | | Date: June 2003
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
This report is part of a work in progress and reflects the results of research that was carried out in Romania, Russia and Ukraine with the goals of (i) assessing the impact of mine closure on communities in which large-scale downsizing of the mining workforce began at least five years ago, in 1997, (ii) evaluating the effectiveness of the mitigation policies that have been used to date, and (iii) developing policy recommendations to address the problems identified by the research.
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| The Merits of Dual Pricing of Russian Natural Gas | | Date: July 19, 2003
Published by: World Bank
Document Type:Publication |
During the accession negotiations to enter the World Trade Organization, the question has arisen whether Russia should charge the same price for the exports of its natural gas as it charges in its home market.
Our economic analysis suggests that pipelines allow Gazprom to segment the Russian market from the European (including Turkey) market and that Russia has market power in the European market.
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| Policy Perspective and Analysis of the Regulatory Regime in the Restructured Russian Power Sector | | Date: June 2004
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
The Russian Government is contemplating a fundamental restructuring of the country's electricity sector. The proposal will vertically disaggregate the industry, dividing the generating sector into multiple companies that will participate in a new, competitive wholesale market.
The task assigned for this report was to analyze the regulatory regime being proposed from both a practical and policy perspective in light of relevant international experience and practice. | |
| Structural and Design Issues in the Russian Electricity Reforms: A Policy Note | | Date: June 2004
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Policy Note |
This policy note provides an overview and critique of the industry structure and market design features of the reforms in the European and Urals regions of Russia; plans for the Far East and Siberia are less advanced and somewhat different, and are not discussed here.
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| The Electricity Sector | | Date: 2005
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
Russia's electricity sector is the largest in Europe and the fourth largest in the world.
The network is well integrated with neighboring countries that were part of the Soviet Union, and interconnected with the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The sector is also the largest heat producer in the world.
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| Reform of the Russian Gas Sector | | Date: May 2004
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication | Russia is endowed with significant natural gas assets. The sector, however, faces a number of challenges that must be addressed if the country's gas resource base is to be optimally exploited. There have been extensive discussions in recent years concerning reform options for the sector.
This Policy Note offers a number of proposals that are designed to support reform in the sector while addressing the concerns of the various stakeholders.
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| Russian Federation: The Transport Sector Policy Note | | Date: 2005
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Policy Note |
Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation recognizes that future development of the transport system must focus more on the overall coordination among different transport modes, and help reduce imbalances among regions.
This will be accomplished through improving the legal framework, monitoring compliance with new rules of competition and access to infrastructure, developing safety and environmental standards, providing for safety against terrorism and crime, and ensuring the provision of minimum transportation services to all the population and regions of the country.
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| Energy Poverty Issues and G8 Actions (Summary) | | Date: February 2, 2006
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Summary |
This Discussion Paper provides an overview on the importance of access to energy services by the poor for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
It suggests areas of focus where consistent approaches and global actions will help expand energy services for poverty alleviation and achievement of the MDGs. This document is based on a more comprehensive paper prepared by the World Bank - "Energy-Poverty Issues".
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| Energy Poverty Issues and G8 Actions | | Date: February 2, 2006
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
This Discussion Paper provides an overview on the importance of access to energy services by the poor for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
It suggests areas of focus where consistent approaches and global actions will help expand energy services for poverty alleviation and achievement of the MDGs. This document is based on a more comprehensive paper prepared by the World Bank - "Energy-Poverty Issues".
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| Energy Security Issues | | Date: December 5, 2005
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Policy note |
This Briefing Paper has been prepared to provide an overview on global energy security issues and challenges in the short and long run. It suggests areas of focus where consistent approaches and global actions will help improve energy security.
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| Rental Choice and Housing Policy Realignment in Transition: Post-privatization Challenges in the Europe and Central Asia Region | | Date: December 2005
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
Massive privatizations of housing in Europe and Central Asia transition countries have significantly reduced rental tenure choice threatening to impede residential mobility. Policy makers are intensifying their search for adequate policy responses aimed at broadening tenure choice for more household categories through effective rental housing alternatives in the social and private sectors. While the social alternative requires substantial and well balanced subsidies, the private alternative will not grow unless rent, management, and tax reforms are boldly implemented and housing privatization truly completed.
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| Housing Production Challenges in Rostov Oblast | | Date: December 2006
Published by: World Bank
Document Type: Publication |
The objective of this study has been the preparation of a specific action plan for better supply of affordable housing to the population and stabilization of the price situation in primary housing markets in the Southern Federal Okrug. Evaluation of the desirable amount of housing production, structure of housing and housing prices in the Rostov Oblast as a whole and in the selected pilot cities, such as Rostov-on-the Don, Azov, Taganrog, Shakhty and the Aksai rural raion has been conducted under this study. The Report presents results of the comparative analysis of the desired amount of housing production with real existing indicators, provides analysis of housing cost structure and defines critical factors having an impact on high construction costs and housing prices. Based on the results of the study conducted, recommendations have been worked out and an action plan for better supply of affordable housing to the population and stabilization of the price situation has been prepared.
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