Oil Production in Russia: State Policy and Prospects for Innovation

Paper

Oil Production in Russia: State Policy and Prospects for Innovation

The hydrocarbon industries of the former Soviet Union are undergoing innovative development. In Russia, conditions both enable and inhibit the construction of a new economy focused on incentives for innovation.

By Anna Bessonova

Published on Aug 19, 2009

Source: Carnegie Moscow Center Working Paper

Oil Production in Russia: State Policy and ProspecThis working paper, written in Russian, examines the models of innovative development in the hydrocarbon industries of the Soviet Union, today’s Russia, and Norway. The work contributes to the study of the conditions for and obstacles to building up a new “economy of incentives to innovation, rather than the economy of directives” that exists currently in Russia.

Full text of the Working Paper is available in Russian.

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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