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1 – 10 of 14At first glance, the economic performance observed last year seems impressive. However, the robust growth rate concealed many of the country's endemic economic flaws. Much of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285842
ISSN: 2633-304X
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For the past year, growth was driven by growing exports to Russia and the easy availability of Russian loans. This contributed to robust growth in manufacturing and agriculture…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289335
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Prospects for substantive unification between Russia and Belarus.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245879
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Russia's westernmost outpost has gained in strategic importance since relations with NATO plummeted in 2014. Efforts to enhance military capability have accelerated since spring…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222323
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This year started with a contraction of first-quarter GDP, after two years of very slow growth. Industrial output contracted as well. As world oil prices have dropped, Belarus no…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB200644
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Chronic problems in the Belarusian economy.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208307
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Belarus's emergence from recession this year is a consequence of reliance on the Russian economy and on refined oil prices in Europe, just as the contraction of 2015-16 was. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB226355
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Despite a war of words over food sourced from Belarus, Russia maintained its overall level of imports from the country last year. Belarusian exports to most of the world fell…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217950
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Last year's GDP growth of 3% was largely attributable to higher prices for refined petroleum products sold to the EU and to a lesser extent a recovery in demand for manufactured…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243010
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The economy has been unexpectedly resilient under comprehensive economic sanctions imposed by the West. Russia could only provide limited support as its economy had to adjust to…