FREE ECONOMIC ZONES IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC CHANGES IN RUSSIA
In: The Pacific review, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 609-625
ISSN: 0951-2748
THE AUTHOR ASSESSES THE RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE WITH FREE ECONOMIC ZONES (FEZ'S) FROM BOTH HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES. IN THE FIRST SECTION OF HIS ESSAY, HE SINGLES OUT DIFFERENT STAGES WITHIN THE GENERAL EVOLUTION OF RUSSIA'S FEZ POLICY, IN ORDER TO CLARIFY THE MAIN TRENDS. THE NEXT SECTION IDENTIFIES KEY PROBLEMS IN THE CREATION OF FEZ'S AND ASSESSES SOLUTIONS ATTEMPTED IN RUSSIA. THEN THE AUTHOR INTERPRETS THE FEZ'S PROSPECTS IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIA'S CURRENT POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. HE CONCLUDES WITH SPECULATION ON SHORT-TERM SCENARIOS BASED ON RECENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND WITH SOME LONG-TERM POLICY CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE OPENING UP AND MARKET-STYLE REFORMS OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY.