Outcomes of 30 Years of Economic Transformation in the Post-Soviet Space: Light and Shadows
https://doi.org/10.23932/2542-0240-2021-14-5-1
Abstract
The article provides a comparative assessment of the socio-economic development results of 12 post-Soviet countries (excluding the Baltic countries) in the period from 1992 to 2019. Based on the analysis of the dynamics of real GDP and GDP per capita, it is concluded that the most successful were some countries of Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan) and Armenia. It is noted that in terms of economic development, significant convergence with Russian indicators has been achieved by Kazakhstan and Belarus. The successful economic dynamics was due to the active role of the state, the regulation of exchange rate dynamics and the achievement of a relatively high rate of investments to GDP at certain stages of economic development. On the whole, the problem of high inflation, which was relevant in the 1990s, has been overcome. Social problems of poverty and inequality persist in individual countries, high dependence on external factors of economic dynamics, instability of the exchange rate dynamics and primitivization of the economy still remain as important problems in the region. It is emphasized that the factors of economic growth that operated in the post-Soviet countries during the period under review are coming to an end, which requires a search for a new economic model.
About the Authors
M. Yu. Golovnin
Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mikhail Yu. Golovnin - Associate Member of the RAS, DSc in Economics, First Deputy Director
117218, Nakhimovsky Av., 32, Moscow
R. S. Grinberg
Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ruslan S. Grinberg - Associate Member of the RAS, DSc in Economics, Professor, Academic Director
117218, Nakhimovsky Av., 32, Moscow
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Golovnin M.Yu., Grinberg R.S. Outcomes of 30 Years of Economic Transformation in the Post-Soviet Space: Light and Shadows. Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2021;14(5):6-29. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.23932/2542-0240-2021-14-5-1
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