2003

IV Annual Conference from the series of Leontief Readings "Globalization: Russia and St. Petersburg in the Changeable World"  

The IV Annual Conference from the series of Leontief Readings "Globalization: Russia and St. Petersburg in the Changeable World" was carried out on the 21-22 of February 2003.  

Conference Organizers: Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation, Carnegie Moscow Center, Swedish Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation, International Bank of St. Petersburg, International Centre for Social and Economic Research Leontief Centre (St. Petersburg), The Investment Projects Centre (St. Petersburg Administration). 

Main aim of the Conference was to discuss most important problems of Russia development including consequences of Russias accession to the WTO, place and role of St. Petersburg in conditions of globalization, relations between Russia and the European Union, middle class in Russia.