Planning for hydropower development needs to evolve from a project-based engineering approach to a more holistic one - an approach incorporating river basin planning and integrating potential social and...
In November 2001, the Government of Russia announced the "Subprogram on Housing Reform," calling for significant reforms of the Housing and Communal Services (HCS) Sector. The reforms are to be implemented...
В ноябре 2001 года правительство России объявило "Субпрограмму жилищной реформы", направленную на существенное реформирование сектора жилищно-коммунального хозяйства (ЖКХ). Реформы должны осуществляться...
This paper provides an overview of the privatization of the Russian coal industry. It reviews the salient aspects of the Government's privatization policy as it evolved over the years, and looks at the...
Unlike the poor in many developing countries, those in Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union, are highly connected to network utilities. During the early 1990s, it became clear that without...