Projet NEW MARKETS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The past ten years have seen several changes in post-USSR business environments. From Kazakhstan to Belarus, and eventually Uzbekistan in 2016, a growing number of post-USSR republics have gradually begun economic reforms to allow foreign businesses to operate in their territory. These declared intentions, however, are sometimes contrasted by non-official, or informal, barriers into domestic and regional markets. Indeed, from rampant corruption to the necessity to get protection from local oligarchs, entering post-Soviet markets involves several risks. New Markets addresses the current limited existence of clear instructions that could enable new, and existing economic actors to gain an overview into the hidden risks associated with business activities in the post-Soviet region. Our research follows a three stage approach: First, we will conduct a review of policy measures adopted in the past 10 years (2008-2018) to liberalize the markets in our target countries. Our analysis will compare three countries that have fully opened to foreign investors already in the early 2000 – Estonia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan - with three countries that have only recently shown a more cooperative attitude - Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. We will survey the major mechanisms, and policies, adopted in these six countries to evaluate how they have ended up affecting the business environment. Second, we will conduct an empirical evaluation of the measures adopted for improving the business climate in the target countries. This will be done through a national survey of core business actors in each country Third, building upon results of the second stage, we will map challenges and opportunities in the region comparing macro and micro perspectives and testing government-led decisions against their results.

Mots clés : caucasus, central asia, eastern europe, post ussr, informality, barriers, new markets

Participants :
- Tallinn University of Technology (Estonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 193200.0 €
- Dublin City University (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 220800.0 €
- Kiev international institute of sociology llc (Ukraine) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 82800.0 €
- University of Latvia (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 193200.0 €
- Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 165600.0 €
- Siar research and consulting llc (Kirghizistan) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of World Economy and Diplomacy (Ouzbékistan) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Helsinki (Finlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 138000.0 €
- Lund University (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Academy of public administration under the president of the republic of belarus (Biélorussie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (Géorgie) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 110400.0 €
- KIMEP University (Kazakhstan) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €