Industrial Development in CIS Countries (Analytical report)

Traditionally, in the CIS countries, the industry was and is a key driver of the social and economic development. This becomes especially obvious now, when these countries are getting deeper involved in the process of globalization of the world economics. The country borders become more and more transparent for the industrial activities and the labor resources become more and more mobile. Even the mainly agrarian countries in the region feel the influence of the powerful industrial economies.

The present publication is one of the key outputs of the industrial statistics project implemented by UNIDO and funded by voluntary contribution of the Russian Federation. It provides an impartial statistical analysis of the growth trends and structural changes in the industry of the CIS region and contains a large number of statistics that gives the reader the opportunity to develop his own judgments on the research topic.