Venkatesh Varma Datla Bala: Russian-Indian cooperation at the Eastern Economic Forum 2019

This edition of the series of trade and development reports published annually by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) studies the impact of trade wars on the global rates of economic growth, the problem of shrinking investments, and the decreasing predictability, with an added focus on financing ecologically sustainable projects.

The September issue of the monthly official bulletin of the Ministry for Development of the Russian Far East was published on the threshold of the Eastern Economic Forum 2018 (EEF 2018) and gives a digest of news relating to the life and economic development of the Russian Far East for the period from EEF 2017 to EEF 2018.

Qatar is a guest country of SPIEF this year. Though not its first time at the forum, this is the first time that it will have a special status. More than 500 participants and 50 organizations will be attending on behalf of Qatar — second only to china and the us, which counted 1,110 and 542 participants respectively in 2019. What can this middle eastern state offer a partner like Russia?

«With a planning horizon of only three to five years, no serious change is possible. That requires setting goals for decades ahead. It also requires action», says Mars President Valery Shchapov.