Research


Anastasia Luzgina| 26.03.2019
Development of the P2P Lending Market: Peculiarities of Functioning and International Experience of Development
The paper is devoted to the P2P lending companies’ activities. The paper gives the definition of crowdlending (P2P lending), describes specific features of this activity and presents its main advantages and disadvantages. The research defines the types of P2P lending and describes the main models of the crowdlending online platforms’ functioning.
Kateryna Bornukova|Nataliia Leshchenko|Mikhail Matytsin| 07.03.2019
Fiscal Incidence in Ukraine: A Commitment to Equity Analysis
The paper employs the Commitment to Equity framework to present a first attempt at a comprehensive fiscal incidence analysis for Ukraine, encompassing the revenue and expenditures components of the fiscal system, including direct and indirect taxes, as well as direct, indirect, and in-kind transfers.
| 12.02.2019
Education of children and parents: intergenerational mobility and impact on income
Improving quality of education led to the reduction of the social inequality and growth of equal opportunities in many countries. This policy paper examines the issue of intergenerational mobility in Belarus and looks at to what extent the level of parental education impacts on the income of individuals. The results reflect high and significant level of social mobility in the country for all age cohorts. In general, there is a significant growth in the educational level of the younger generation in relation to their parents.
Yauheniya Shershunovich|Irina Tochitskaya| 22.01.2019
On the Way to a Circular Economy: Monitoring Belarus’ Progress Based on the EС Framework
This paper presents an assessment of Belarus’ progress on the way to the circular economy as compared to a number of the European countries. The monitoring framework proposed by the European Commission is chosen for these purposes, since its indicators capture the key elements of a circular economy, have a high degree of practical application, are easy to analyze and informative. The existing system of recording in Belarus does not permit to calculate some indicators used by the European Commission.