Economy

BANI — new model for building business processes

08 november 2023
Petrochemistry
Updating production and operational processes is an urgent task for many large enterprises. However, adaptation to rapidly changing external conditions due to the modernization of the algorithm of daily actions and operations performed is no less important. This is the topic of our conversation with the analyst of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research, Candidate of Economic S...

Developing a long-term strategy should address the vision of the youth who will implement it...

17 october 2023
Belarus today
Goals for the next generations Human potential is a fundamental factor for sustainable economic development, therefore, by and large, it should be the main corner¬stone in any strategy. Demographic landscape, value orientations, level of education and qualifications can be significantly changed only in the long-term horizon. This important aspect of economic development was discusse...

The 2023 marks the growth of investments in the fixed capital in almost all regions of Belarus...

05 october 2023
Belarus today
The launch of a new investment cycle and the instruction of President Alexander Lukashenko "One District – One Project" has become a kind of incentive for the emergence of significant projects and attract financing for their implementation in the regions. ...

A strategic view of the long-term period is important today more than ever

05 october 2023
Belarus today
The world is going deeper into a leapfrog of unpredictable events. Countries that incorporate strategic principles of development will be able to stay afloat in this whirlpool and even enter a positive course of development. Tactics may change, but clear, straightforward, understandable goals must be defined. And not for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but for several decades ahea...

Effective import substitution requires reducing internal barriers as well

25 september 2023
Belarus today
A competent approach in the new realities The question of import substitution is not new for Belarus. Various activities in this area have been implemented in the country for more than 20 years. But if earlier we were focused on purely socio-economic goals — creating new jobs, attracting investment, improving the foreign trade balance, increasing exports, now, given sanctions and ext...

In the ʺnew realityʺ, countries with productive capacities are in winning positions

05 september 2023
Belarus today
The direction is for the industrial sector ...

How does the EU expect to replace Russian gas supplies and how will this turn out?

31 august 2023
Belarus today
Pipe dreams The determining factors that traditionally affect the gas market are the price and the control effects that arise from the suppliers of this energy carrier. Despite the fact that Russia used to form the lower part of the gas price supply and was doing so for decades, the European Union has made a strategic decision to reduce the degree of energy dependence on both Russia ...

Under the conditions of sanctions pressure, Belarus and Russia strengthen strategic cooperation in t...

22 august 2023
Belarus today
Removing the green patina from the ruble ...

Does overheating threaten the Belarusian economy?

14 august 2023
Economy of Belarus
Analysts of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research Alexey Bykov, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Economics and Management of the Belarusian State University of Economics, and Irina Ivanovskaya, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor, talk about important markers of the country's development. ...

There has been an increase since March: experts talk about the economy development in the first half...

11 august 2023
Belarus today
Last Tuesday, meeting of the Council of Ministers considered the economy results for the first half of the year. It is noted that it has reached positive annual growth rates. The GDP has increased, the demand for Belarusian products in foreign markets is growing. At the same time, the inflation has decreased significantly. This contributes to the real growth of wages and disposable in...

Choice of money: will there be an alternative to the dollar in the short term

20 july 2023
Belarus today
Choice of money Many countries are actively switching to national currencies in settlements. Does this mean that an alternative to the dollar will appear in the near future? ...

Russian economist: economies of Belarus and Russia coped with the impact of sanctions better than fo...

15 april 2023
Belarus today
Look beyond the planning horizons A meeting of Belarusian experts with Alexander Auzan, an outstanding Russian economist, took place in Minsk. The event was organized by the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research. The meeting participants discussed the issues of improving the economic policy of states, the impact of socio-cultural aspects on it, directions of transformation of th...