UN Women’s new flagship report, provides a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of progress, gaps and challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a gender perspective. The report monitors global and regional trends in achieving the SDGs based on available data, and provides practical guidance for the implementation of the appropriate social and economic policies.

Elena Marinina, Deputy CEO of the Roscongress Foundation, Director for the Socio-Economic Agenda, and Director of the Innosocium Foundation, talks about working at SPIEF, new projects and how what is happening is helping the state and society find solutions to socially significant issues.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has produced a forecast of social and economic development of the Russian Federation up to 2024 taking account of changes in external and internal conditions, dynamics of foreign economic environment, and global economic trends.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has published a study of changes in business conditions in Russia over the past 30 years. The publication is based on the results of a survey of entrepreneurs. It assesses Russia’s current business climate, compares the opportunities for doing business in Russia in the 90s and today, and depicts a typical Russian entrepreneur. Based on the data received, PwC also shows directions in which Russian business is likely to evolve in the nearest future.