Russian Federation - Income transfers and social safety net in Russia (English)

The decision to move to a market economy sets in motion two major forces: (i) a widening of earnings and income distribution, a result of wage and price liberalization, is an inherent part of reform; and (ii) declining output, which is a not an inherent part of the reform, but a side effect, which aggravates poverty, and results in a fall in the real wage base and in profits, and hence creates a fiscal crisis. This report gives five paramount recommendations...

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Barr,Nicholas;
Document Date
1992/09/30
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
11168
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Russian Federation,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Russian Federation - Income transfers and social safety net in Russia
Keywords
unemployment benefit

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Barr,Nicholas.

Russian Federation - Income transfers and social safety net in Russia (English). Studies of economies in transformation ; no. 4 Washington, DC : The WorldBank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/328771468777955670

Russian Federation - Income transfers and social safety net in Russia (English)

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