News and announcements IUE

18.05.2018

T. Polidi, IUE Executive Director, made a presentation on “Housing and Urban Environment as Assets of Urban Economy” at the first session of the Living Environment Forum hosted by the city of Kaliningrad on May 18-19, 2018

“RIA Nedvizhimost (“Real Estate” Russian News Agency) estimates the potential of town-planning development in RF at about one billion square meters of housing,” informed the audience T. Polidi, Executive Director of IUE, at the Living Environment Forum. “The prospects for urban development of our metropolitan areas are bright. We attempted to estimate the potential of the existing residential... more

24.04.2018

At a panel discussion, IUE experts presented a review of international and national practices in urban development regulation for improved housing affordability

At a panel discussion, IUE experts presented a review of international and national practices in urban development regulation for improved housing affordability. A study by IUE was presented by T. Polidi, IUE Executive Director and Real Estate Market Department Director. According to T. Polidi, at the stage of strong economic growth, with annual GDP growth at 7 percent, in Russia during the... more

9.04.2018

Tatyana Polidi, IUE Executive Director, spoke at three ‘round-table’ events at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum held on April 12-14, 2018

The Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum took place in the city of Krasnoyarsk on April 12-14, 2018. The event was organized by Krasnoyarsk Region Governor, Krasnoyarsk Region Government and Siberia Federal University.  T. Polidi, IUE Executive Director and Real Estate Market Department Director, had been invited to participate in three ‘round-table’ events. She focused on various aspects of urban... more

30.03.2018

Economies of Russia’s cities and metropolitan areas. Issue #2: The club of capital cities

This review continues the series of publications on basic indicators of economic development of Russia’s cities and metropolitan areas. The indicators have been united under a general name “Economies of Russia’s Cities and Metropolitan Areas”. The project is being funded through the IUE Endowment. The issue focuses on a comparative analysis of capital cities, or administrative centers of the... more

31.01.2018

For the third year in a row IUE is in the TOP-50 of the Global Go To Think Tank Index, - Kommersant Newspaper summarizes the 2017’ Accomplishments

In Russia the number of think tanks has grown as follows from the preliminary rating in “Global Go To Think Tank Index Report” summarizing the 2017’ accomplishments.  Russia ranks 8th with 130 think tanks, thus adding eight more organizations as compared with a year earlier. USA come first (1,872 organizations), followed by China (512) and Great Britain (444), respectively, as is evident... more

24.01.2018

A publication “Approaches to Assessing the Development of Urban Agglomerations” has been issued

A publication “Approaches to Assessing the Development of Urban Agglomerations”, which had been funded through IUE Endowment, summarized the accomplishments of the project “Improving the Quality of Planning and Managing the Projects of Urban Agglomerations Development” carried out in 2017. The authors are A. Puzanov, IUE Director General, and R. Popov, Deputy Director of Municipal Economic... more

21.11.2017

IUE Metropolitan ranking: Do metropolitan assets work towards the development of cities?

The Institute for Urban Economics launches a publication series entitled ‘Economies of Russia’s Cities and Metropolitan Areas’ on basic indicators of economic development of Russia’s cities and metropolitan areas. The project is being funded through the IUE Endowment. This first issue focuses on a comparative analysis of 20 largest metropolitan areas (urban agglomerations or metro areas), by... more

15.11.2017

Irina Gentsler, Deputy Director of IUE Urban Economy Department, took part in the work of the 78th session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management and Ministerial Meeting, 8 - 10 November 2017, Geneva

The 78th Session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management took place from 8 to 10 November 2017 in Geneva. It included a Ministerial Segment on 9 November 2017, which was organised as a forum for a high-level exchange of experiences and views on progress and challenges related to the implementation of recent international agreements such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable... more

4.11.2017

IUE President Nadezhda Kosareva made a report at the expert meeting  “​​Cities for the Right to Housing” in Barcelona from 2-3 November

Local and regional leaders and housing policy experts met in Barcelona from 2-3 November to reaffirm their commitment to housing as a human right and share experiences on making it a reality. The meeting, “​​Cities for the Right to Housing”, was hosted by UCLG Co-President and Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau and the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human... more

27.10.2017

Article "Assessment of gross urban product in Russian cities and its contribution to Russian GDP in 2000–2015" of IUE President Nadezhda B. Kosareva and IUE Executive Director T. Polidi has published in Russian Journal of Economics

The article presents a new methodology for estimating gross urban product (the gross domestic product by city or metropolitan level) in Russia under extremely low statistical data availability about economy performance at the local level. These estimates provide new analytical instruments for assessing disparities in economic development between more than 1,000 Russian cities and other areas, and... more