The Belarus Economy: The Challenges of Stalled Reforms

A workshop organised by the UCL Centre for Comparative Studies of Emerging Economies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

Friday 24 February, 12.30pm

This workshop aims to take stock of these developments in Belarus and discuss Belarusian economic challenges in a comparative perspective. It is organised around two key documents: A report by the Vienna Institute for International Economics Studies, entitled The Belarus Economy: The Challenges of Stalled Reforms, and the 2016 National Innovation for Sustainable Development Review of Belarus which is undertaken for the Belarussian government by a team of experts under the auspices of the UN Economic Commission for Europe.

Speakers

• Elodie Douarin, Director of UCL Centre for Comparative Study of Emerging Economies and Lecturer in Economics at UCL SSEES.
• Rumen Dobrinsky, Research Associate at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and Director for Strategy, European Alliance for Innovation, Belgium
• Dr. Evghenia Sleptsova, Economist, Central and Eastern Europe, Oxford Economics, London
• Dzmitry Kruk, Researcher, Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center, Minsk
• Anastasia Nesvetailova, Professor at School of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of International Politics City University of London, Director, City Political Economy Research Centre (CITYPERC), MA Global Political Economy and BSc IPE
• Slavo Radosevic, Professor of Industry and Innovation Studies, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, Special Advisor to EC Commissioner for Regional Policy, Research Director of UCL Centre for Comparative Study of Emerging Economies, Research Professor at St Petersbourg Higher School of Economics
• Julia Korosteleva, Senior Lecturer in Business Economics, UCL SSEES and the Programme Coordinator for the International Masters in Economics, State and Society (IMESS) Programme.
• Michael Landesmann, Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, WIIW Senior Research Associate, Scientific Director of WIIW (1996-2016)

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