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Georgian Government Hunts For Gas
May 15, 2007 09:54

This paper describes the situation in the Georgian government since Gazprom announced Georgia would have to pay $235 per 1000 cubic meters – a gigantic leap from last year’s price of $110. While the government had to accept the price hike, it is looking for new sources of natural gas.

Tajikistan: abundant water, scarce money
May 15, 2007 09:54

This article is about Lake Sarez in Tajikistan, which contains 17 billion cubic meters of water. Tajik leaders are now searching for a way to unlock the lake’s economic potential.

UN Report: Central Asia countries will face a negative prospect of ecological change
May 15, 2007 09:54

The article summarizes new report by UN Intergovernmental Commission on Climate Change. As the report notes in the nearest decades natural disasters will increase in Central Asia and will become more regular and destructive.

The macro financing of natural hazards in developing countries
November 26, 2007 17:45

The authors propose a financial model to address the design of efficient risk financing strategies against natural disasters at the country level.

The role of natural resources in fundamental tax reform in the Russian Federation
December 3, 2007 17:36

The author provides estimates of the average and total current rent on crude oil, natural gas, and round wood in Russia. The sum of appropriated rent on oil and gas was estimated at US$9 billion in 1999 (in excess of $15 billion in 2000), or about 18 percent of consolidated tax revenues.

G17 Economic Review 10
March 3, 2008 13:12

Content: Opinion: What Foreigners Will Not Do, Analysis: Status of the Urban Water System, Macroeconomic Review, Yugoslavia in the Mirror of Eastern Europe: Hungary

G17 Economic Review 17
March 3, 2008 13:18

Content: Opinion: Nation and/or Economy, Analysis: A Strategy for Reviving the Tradition of Profitable Mining, Macroeconomic Review, Yugoslavia in the Mirror of Eastern Europe: Lithuania

G17 Economic Review 2
March 3, 2008 13:20

Content: Editorial: The Years of Temptation Continue, Analysis: The Yugoslav Energy Sector, Macroeconomic Review