How Wealthy is Russia? : Measuring Russia's Comprehensive Wealth from 2000-2017
Russia is a country of global importance and great diversity. The world’s largest transcontinental country spans eleven time zones and is the ninth most populous country in the world. Russia is the main trading partner for many of its more than a d...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/811321575350027422/How-Wealthy-is-Russia-Measuring-Russias-Comprehensive-Wealth-from-2000-2017 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32813 |
| Summary: | Russia is a country of global importance
and great diversity. The world’s largest transcontinental
country spans eleven time zones and is the ninth most
populous country in the world. Russia is the main trading
partner for many of its more than a dozen neighbors. It is
richly endowed with natural resources, which underscores its
importance as a global commodity exporter. But how wealthy
is Russia, really? Drawing upon the important distinction
between wealth and income, this report for the first time,
comprehensively measures Russia’s national wealth. |
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