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Russian Election Speaker Series
November 24, 2011 at 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
| Location: | Senate Room, 6th Floor Robertson Hall |
| Cost: | Free |
| Key Contact: | Ginette Lafleur |
| Contact Email: | ginette_lafleur@carleton.ca |
New President, Old and New Economic Challenges
Dr. Vladimir Popov
Part of a three-part series on the theme “Russian parliamentary and presidential elections: What’s next for the economy, foreign relations, and society?”
Dr. Vladimir Popov is currently an Interregional Adviser in DESA and at the United Nations and. He was also a Professor of economics at the New Economic School in Moscow and at the Institute of European and Russian Studies at Carleton University. He has written extensively on various issues pertaining to economics of development and transition. He has authored and edited 11 books and numerous articles in the Journal of Comparative Economics, Comparative Economic Studies, World Development, Post Communist Economies, and New Left Review among others, as well as written essays in the media. His books and articles have been published in Chinese, English, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.
His most recent book, “Strategies of Economic Development”, was published a few months ago (Moscow, Higher School of Economics Publishers, 2011, in Russian). You can access Dr. Popov’s papers at the following website address: www.carleton.ca/~vpopov.
A light lunch will be served.
Photo credit: Brookings