Vol 28, No 1 (2017)

The article describes approaches to assessing the role of the mechanism of investment development of economic. An analysis of the characteristics of the investment process in Russia in the 2000s–2010s has been conducted. The possibilities of eliminating the identified imbalances by improving investment policy of the government have been considered. Particular attention has been paid to the problems of forming models of the investment development of Russian economy in the medium term.

The article valuates structural changes in the total factor productivity for the GDP of a number of world economies based on two samples in 1990–2010. These estimates are used to study structural changes in the total factor productivity in Russia.

The conditions for the import substitution of products have been reviewed in the article, as well as the possibilities that arise from the governmental decisions on support of import substitution in the agroindustrial sector. The unsolved problems in the emerging import substitution mechanism have been specified. The prospective uses of innovation solutions and new technologies while studying the import substitution problems in constituents of the North Caucasian Federal District have been shown.

This article represents an analysis and discussion of the results of a regular survey of enterprises that operate in the real sector, which was held by the Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences. This work reflects the opinions of Russian enterprises on the role the government should play in the economy. It presents the information on how often various governmental structures were described by the enterprises as over-bureaucratized and most corrupted structures. The article lists evaluations provided by the enterprises with regard to the current economic policy of federal and regional levels of authority. It contains data on the ongoing investment activity of enterprises, their short-term investment intents, and their procurements particularly concerning machinery and equipment. It lists comparative assessments in terms of the quality of Russian and foreign equipment.

This paper deals with the socioeconomic and technological development of Arctic regions of the Russian Federation in the context of a modernizing world. The methodological basis of the comparative analysis is the concept of primary and secondary modernization or integrated modernization for developing countries.

The paper discusses major economic risks for public health, including average income and income differentiation, living conditions, and public healthcare availability in the northern regions of the Russian Federation compared to the nationwide average.

The paper considers the options for optimizing the placement of areas planted with fruit and berry crops for the Chishminsk State Fruit Nursery of the Republic of Bashkortostan based on analyzing the forms of reporting on the financial and economic state of MUAE Chishminsk State Fruit Nursery of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

This paper deals with the alcohol and tobacco sectors of the food industry. Business interests in this field are due to a large number of consumers in these sectors. The study of tobacco and alcohol markets predicts the redistribution of the alcohol market similar to the tobacco one.

The article investigates changes in the distribution of Russian direct investments between countries and regions of the world in 2014–2015. The specificity of increasing Russian investment in Asia and Africa in the 2000s has been identified. The possibilities and limits of geographic diversification of Russian investments abroad are shown, including for scenario when Russia’s state support for legal overseas expansion of domestic firms has been developed.

This paper used the results of a research project that was implemented at the Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting of the Russian Academy of National Economy and State Service under the President of the Russian Federation in 2015. The data of the quantitative survey of school graduates from the 11th grade of secondary schools in small Russian towns, as well as the materials of expert interviews with representatives of the municipal education departments and school management. The main conclusion of the study is that there is a huge migration potential of youth in small towns, which is mainly related to receiving higher education in large cities, unfortunately without the real prospect of returning to the lesser motherland.