Conference Materials 2003

Possible Consequences of Russia’s Accession to the WTO

Mrs. Ksenia Yudaeva

Economist, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Moscow)

WTO Entry: No Time To Lose

Mr. Anders ?slund

Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Moscow)

The Importance of Local Institutions

Mr. Peter Stein

Mont Pelerin Society Member, CEO Stein Brothers AB (Sweden)

Methodology of Social Consequences Analysis

Mrs. Pauline Barrett-Reid

Director, Bureau of the International Labour Organization (Moscow)

Social Consequences of Russia’s Accession to WTO: Preliminary Analytical findings

Mrs. Svetlana Misikhina

Social Protection and Labour Market Statistics Expert, Bureau of the International Labour Organization (Moscow)

Russian Accession to the WTO: a Contemporary Stage of Negotiations

Mr. Vladimir Epaneshnikov

Head of the Section, Department of Trade Policy and Multilateral Trade Negotiation, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation

Public sector reform

Mr. Mikhail Dmitriev

First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation

Mr. Lev Jakobson

First vice-rector, State University - Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

A Power of Support and Resistance to the Pubic Administration Reform

Mr. Pavel Kudyukin

Director, Center for Public Administration Research, State University - Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Globalization, reflected in prices in St. Petersburg of the XYIIIth –XXth centuries

Mr. Boris Mironov

Professor, St. Petersburg State University

St. Petersburg and North-West Russia in a Swedish Economic Perspective since the 1880’s

Mr. Krister Wahlbäck

Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

St. Petersburg between Russia and Europe: view of sociologist

Mr. Leonid Keselman

Senior Researcher, Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Director, Centre for Social Processes Studying and Forecasting (St. Petersburg)

St. Petersburg in the Global Political Process

Mrs. Natalija Vasilieva

Professor, School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University

St. Petersburg in International Division of Labour: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Mr. D. Travin

Ph.D. in Economics, Observer, Delo weekly Newspaper

Russia and the European Union - Partnership for Common Security and Economic Growth

Mr Olof Ehrenkrona

Former Senior Advisor to the Party Leader of the Moderate Party (Sweden)

Common European Economic Space

Mrs. Ksenia Yudaeva

Economist, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Moscow)

1001st Presentation - Russia and the Western Europe: a point of view from St. Petersburg

Mr. Vladimir Churov

Deputy Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Administration of Saint-Petersburg

EU and Russia: Bridging the New East-West Divide. Tacis Cross Border Cooperation

Mrs. Ane Kofod Petersen

Project Officer, St. Petersburg Liaison Office, Delegation of the European Commission in Russia

Regional Aspects of the Cooperation with EU

Mrs. Nina Oding

Head, Department of Research, ICSER Leontief Centre (St.Petersburg)

Conference in Budapest: Bridging the Divide or Deepening A Boundary Ditch in the East of Europe

Mr. Alexander Sungurov

President, St. Petersburg Humanities and Political Studies Center Strategy

Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments of the Middle Class in Russia

Mrs. Lilia Ovcharova

Director of Research Programs, Independent Institute For Social Policy (Moscow)

The Middle Class: Limits and Trends

Mr. Igor Travin

Chief of Department, Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg)

Specificity features of the Middle Class formation in St. Petersburg

Mrs. Tatjana Protasenko

Senior Researcher, Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg)

Characteristics of the Middle Class Living Strategy– a Search for Indicators

Mr. Andrew Veikher

Head of Analytic Department, Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg