TY - BOOK ID - 134357216 TI - Russian WTO Accession : What Has Been Accomplished, What Can Be Expected PY - 2007 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Accession Negotiations KW - Debt Markets KW - Economic Development KW - Economic Theory and Research KW - Emerging Markets KW - Finance and Financial Sector Development KW - Foreign Investors KW - Free Trade KW - International Economics & Trade KW - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth KW - Member Countries KW - Poverty Reduction KW - Private Sector Development KW - World Trade KW - World Trade Organization KW - WTO KW - WTO Accession KW - WTO Members UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134357216 AB - This paper summarizes the principal reform commitments that Russia has undertaken as part of its World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, providing detailed assessments in banking, insurance, and agriculture. The paper assesses the gains to the Russian economy from these commitments, based on a summary of several modeling efforts undertaken by the author and his colleagues. The author compares Russian commitments with those of other countries that have recently acceded to the WTO to assess the claim that the demands on Russia are excessive due to political considerations. He explains why Russian WTO accession will result in the elimination of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment against Russia. Finally, he discusses the remaining issues in the negotiations and the time frame for Russian accession as of the fall of 2007. ER -