CONTENTS

Volume 4, 2001

Investments in RUSSIA

Owners and investors are the basis of economy

From the annual message of the Russian Federation President V.V. Putin to the Federal Assembly, 3 April, 2001.

Investment CLIMATE

Irina GRISHINA . Alexandre SHAKHNAZAROV, Israil ROISMAN. Complex assessment of investment attractiveness and activity in Russia’s regions: the definition procedure, and the interrelations analysis

So far the assessment of the investment climate in Russian regions lacks the scientific grounding of analysis and forecast procedures, the calculation of the region integral investment attractiveness in quantitative terms, the quantitative assessment of investment activity in the regions. The authors offer solutions of the above problemes.

Evgenia NEKLUDOVA. The special economic zones in Poland

In Poland there is possibility to implement investment projects in the SEZs, where the investors enjoy various tax benefits. The SEZs were established in order to facilitate the economic development of a part of the country by the promotion of certain sectors of the economy, the introduction of advanced technologies and equipment, the export of competitive products and services, the better use of equipment, infrastructure and natural resources, the creation of new jobs.

Investment MARKET

Boris SAFRONOV, Valentina MARKOVSKAYA. The investment market: conjuncture in 2000

The analysis of the situation in 2000, the investment structure and dynamics, the moves to brisk up the investment activity in 2001.

Vladimir BOCHAROV, Olga KOROBEINIKOVA, Lyubov BIKTIMIROVA. The formation and evaluation of the home sources of investments in the enterprise capital assets

The economic analysis of the process of capital reproduction at an enterprise: evaluation of a necessary investment fund, the time factor influence on its size, financial aspects of investment, investment sources, etc. Recommendations for forming the investment and amortisation policies, and for assessing the capital assets investment efficiency

Vladimir SAVIN. Import of a particular investment resource

Information and proposals on accounting certain services imported to Russia from abroad which are not included into the total sum of Russian import because of the Russian customs statistics specific character.

Olga LYMAREVA. ISO 14000 international standards for environment conservation and prospects of their application in Russia

Introduction of ISO 14000 standards concerning environmental management, environment pollution control methods, etc. is necessary to integrate the national and international interests in environment conservation, and requirements of the life quality.

Materials are prepared by the International Panel of KPMG - the leading international consultants

European banks are active in crediting the telecommunication companies

International investors stare southwards

Investment TECHNOLOGIES

Dmitri EREMIN. A method of costs correction when assessing the gas and oil fields cost efficiency in fixed prices

The procedure is offered which allows the more correct economic assessment of main indices under conditions emerging in an exploited field, i. e. to take into account the fluctuations of values of expenses forming the cost price

Valentina STYAZHKINA, Pavel TYURYUKANOV. Methods of risks assessing in investment crediting

Basing on the analysis of the most popular methods of assessing the investment credit risks an adequate model is offered of interconnection of all inlet and outlet data for calculating an investment project. This model allows the use of all major risk assessment methods for the quantitative analysis.