Policy papers - applied research on economics that is practically oriented to form a strategy for promoting economic growth and improving the quality of economic policy in Belarus.
31.08.2020
Macroeconomic situation-2019: a typical year of stagnation
In 2019, the Belarusian authorities were trying to maintain an infirm balance between (1) the preservation of the economic model with a dominant role of state-run enterprises, (2) a comforting rate of output growth, and (3) macroeconomic and financial stability. No success was achieved, and one of the components had to be sacrificed.
Nadzeya Batava|Irina Tochitskaya| 13.07.2020
How Belarusian business understands the concept of circular economy
The paper analyzes the perception of the circular economy concept by representatives of Belarusian top management.
07.07.2020
The assessment of poverty in Belarus for 2019
This paper estimates poverty in Belarus based on the cost of basic needs approach and using annual data of the Sample Household Survey on Living Standards from 2019.
| 16.06.2020
Social initiatives of SMEs and social entrepreneurship in Belarus
The paper is dedicated to the social activity of business and is based on a survey of small and medium enterprises in Belarus.
Sergey Mazol| 02.06.2020
Implementation of the principle of gender equality in corporate governance: experience of the Republic of Belarus
This paper is devoted to the study of the concept of responsible investment and the assessment of gender balance in the corporate governance of state-owned companies in Belarus.
11.05.2020
Short-term perspectives of the Belarusian economy
This paper employs and combines different tools of macroeconomic analysis, which is argued to be more effective for uncovering alternative scenarios. For these scenarios, the study reports indicative estimates for main macroeconomic variables. Some of them are fraught with a substantial decline in GDP and/or painful financial stress.