The Industrial Development Report 2018 was prepared by UNIDO and presented at the 17th Session of the UNIDO General Conference. The report studies demand as a driver for industrial growth and suggests policy tools focusing specifically on demand that can help attain inclusive and sustainable industrial development.

More and more, Russia and China are declaring joint interests in politics, the economy, technological development... Is the relationship more of a partnership or a competition? Why is it so hard for us to negotiate with the Chinese? To find the answers to these questions, we talked to Dr Sergey Luzyanin, Professor, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and author of the book Russia and China: Creating a New World.

The report, prepared by experts from the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) and the Center for Social Design (CSD) Platforma, examines various practices and models of relations between large companies and regions of operation, highlights the main leaders and trends in social investment.

The study by ACRA is focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic indicators and the relationship between the pace of vaccination and economic recovery.