Can Russia Compete?: Enhancing Productivity and Innovation in a Globalizing World

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Contents Foreword vii Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction 1 Raj M. Desai and Itzhak Goldberg 2 Productivity 12 Mark Schaffer and Boris Kuznetsov 3 Fostering Knowledge Absorption 35 Itzhak Goldberg, Enrique Blanco-Armas, John Gabriel Goddard, and Smita Kuriakose 4 Upgrading Skills 69 Hong Tan, Vladimir Gimpelson, and Yevgeniya Savchenko 5 Improving the Investment Climate 91 Raj M. Desai Appendix 1 113 Appendix 2 117 v 11148-00_FM_rev.qxd 6/6/08 2:24 PM Page v vi CONTENTS Appendix 3 125 Appendix 4 142 Appendix 5 163 References 168 Contributors 175 Index 177 11148-00_FM_rev.qxd 6/6/08 2:24 PM Page vi ...