Russian Federation

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index Country Note: Russian Federation

A two-page OECD summary and analysis of the Services Trade Restrictiveness Index results for The Russian Federation.

Improving Economic Instruments for Water Resources Management in the Republic of Buryatia (Lake Baikal Basin)

OECD Employment Outlook 2016 - Key findings for the Russian Federation

The sharp fall in global oil prices has contributed to a prolonged recession in the Russian Federation, along with geopolitical uncertainties. While growth is projected to turn positive again in 2017, the recovery is expected to be slow.

Education at a Glance 2015: Russian Federation

The 2015 edition introduces more detailed analysis of participation in early childhood and tertiary levels of education. The report also examines first generation tertiary-educated adults’ educational and social mobility, labour market outcomes for recent graduates, and participation in employer-sponsored formal and/or non-formal education.

2015 Russian Corporate Governance Roundtable

The 2015 annual meeting of the OECD Russia Corporate Governance Roundtable took place in Moscow on 22 October. The discussions focused on implementation and monitoring of the 2014 Russian Code of Corporate Governance, corporate governance priorities of investors for the Russian market and the new G20/OECD Corporate Governance Principles.

Russian Federation: Key Issues and Policies

Non-standard contracts, flexibility and employment adjustment: empirical evidence from Russian establishment data

This paper examines the use of two forms of non-standard work contracts in Russia with data from an enterprise survey for the years 2009 to 2011. Non-standard work contracts are less costly and more flexible for employers. Internal adjustment in form of wage cuts or unpaid leave is not covered by the Labour Code and earlier practices to impose such measures are less tolerated.

Russia: progress in structural reform and framework conditions 2011-13

Since 1995 when OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made.

Improving transport infrastructure in Russia

Russia faces very large challenges in modernising its large transport system. Promoting competition in the transport sector is essential, in particular by effectively opening the railway freight market to independent operators.

Improving the business climate in Russia

Reducing the role of the state in the economy and WTO membership should be viewed as opportunities to strengthen competition, and hence provide incentives for productivity improvements, which are urgently required to ensure stronger growth in Russia because of a shrinking labour force.