Development Of Belarus Research Articles

Foreign direct investment in transition economies: the regional structure and peculiarities of development in Belarus

The spatial structure of the world economy is divided into countries of economic center,semi-periphery and periphery. Changes of the spatial structure of the world economy and globalizationtrends are marked. A key element of the growing of globalization process is foreign direct investment(FDI) and activities of transnational corporations. Declining trend in foreign direct investmentis marked in conditions of instability of world economic development, shifts in FDI regional structureand their impact on countries with developing market economies. On the basis of the regional monitoringof the foreign direct investment the CIS market is described, in particular of the countries ofthe Customs Union and Belarus. The volumes of the Belarusian direct investment abroad are outlined,the forms of presence in foreign markets are indicated, the development of the commodity distributionnetworks, created by Belarusian enterprises and geography of inflow and outflow of FDI, is analyzed.The directions of improving the investment climate in Belarus and improve its position in the worldrankings are marked.

Устойчивость развития в региональной экономике и применяемая отчетность (на примере Республики Беларусь и Российской Федерации)

System-oriented analysis of social and economic development for the period of
 2005–2012 is performed for the case of the Republic of Belarus. The authors
 review the writings of the Russian and foreign researchers on the concept of
 “sustainability” and outline several kinds thereof, including production sustainability,
 social sustainability, economic sustainability, environmental and energy
 sustainability. Algorithm for calculating special case sustainability and integral
 sustainability of a national economy development is proposed. The algorithm
 makes it possible to assess both specific aspects of a particular region’s performance
 and the dynamics of development for a country as a whole. Specific
 levels of sustainability in economic development of Belarus as for the period in
 question are calculated. The same calculation is done for the complex level of
 Belarus economy development. The authors further explore and then compare
 structures of balance sheet under the standards of Belarus. Highlighted are indicators,
 that should be shown in the balance sheets of two countries and thus
 applicable for assessing sustainability of development of a country (or region).

Cenarios of economic development in Belarus in the medium term taking into account the influence of external factors: Model tools and predicted results

The article deals with model tools that allow one to estimate the prospects of economic growth in Belarus in the medium term in view of external parameters dynamics. The author also presents the results predicted for three scenarios, according to the described pattern: business-as-usual scenario, the scenario of increase in active foreign debt and the scenario of rise in prices for energy sources when imported from Russia to Belarus.

Analysis and critical review of the development of bioethics in Belarus

The main trends of the bioethics development in Belarus have been analyzed on the basis of the materials collected by the Ethics Documentation Center (ISEU, Minsk, Belarus). A critical review of the most important publications in the field since 2000 suggests that development of bioethics in Belarus has occurred in two parallel directions distantly connected to each other: a theoretical direction and a practical one. Despite there are objective and subjective reasons for introducing bioethics in Belarus as an institutionally-organized system based on liberal values such as individual rights and freedom, a range of essential problems could be identified. Non-equivalent regulation of ethical issues in health care and other fields of biomedical research has been emphasized, as well as the problem of unclear hierarchical relationships among institutions dealing with various aspects of bioethics in the country and low ethical and educational level of the social and professional groups involved in further expansion of bioethical knowledge. The contextual aspects of the development of bioethics in the country such as the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, the prevalence of the authoritarian social morality and traditionally paternalistic nature of the relations between physicians and their patients are discussed.

Belarus Libraries Development in late 18 — early 20 century

The article discusses the libraries’ development in Belarus during its entry into the Russian Empire (late 18 — beginning of the 20 century). The most significant trends of development of Belarus public and special departmental libraries, libraries of educational institutions and public organizations and also libraries of various Christian confessions are specified by the author.

Belarus Libraries Development in late 18 — early 20 cc.

The article discusses the libraries’ development in Belarus during its entry into the Russian Empire (late XVIII — beginning of the XX century). The most significant trends of development of Belarus public and special departmental libraries, libraries of educational institutions and public organizations and also libraries of various Christian confessions are specified by the author.

Overcoming problems of regional differentiation as the condition of the sustainable development of Belarus

Overcoming problems of regional differentiation as the condition of the sustainable development of Belarus

Scientific-technical principles of creating and intercommunication in the electronic system of monitoring of state program of innovations development of Belarus

Scientific-technical principles of creating and intercommunication in the electronic system of monitoring of state program of innovations development of Belarus

State-of-the-art and prospects of nanomaterials, nanotechnologies and nanodevices development in Belarus

State-of-the-art and prospects of nanomaterials development in Belarus are discussed. Also included are the mechanical alloying in attritors, equal channel angular pressing, thin films, nanowires, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, nanodiamonds of detonation synthesis, diagnostics of nanoobjects, etc. The basic directions of R&D under the State Programme 'Nanomaterials and Nano-technologies' of 2003–2005 and trends in nanoelectronics are included.

Problems of hydropower development in Belarus

Problems of hydropower development in Belarus