Russia è‰ÒÚ‡‚ËÚÂθÒÚ‚Ó èÓ„‡ÏÏ˚ ‡Á‚ËÚËfl ééç ‚ êÓÒÒËÈÒÍÓÈ î‰‡ˆËË 119034, åÓÒÍ‚‡, ÛÎ. éÒÚÓÊÂÌ͇, 28 íÂÎÂÙÓÌ: 7 (095) 787 21 00 î‡ÍÒ: 7(095) 787 21 01 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2005 RUSSIAN FEDERATION http://www.undp.ru [email protected] Russia in 2015: Russia HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2005 RUSSIAN FEDERATION Development goals and policy priorities Russia Human Development Report 2005 Russian Federation Russia in 2015: Development Goals and Policy Priorities The Human Development Report 2005 for the Russian Federation has been prepared by a team of Russian experts and consultants. The analysis and policy recommendations in this Report do not necessarily reflect the views of the UN sys- tem and the institutions by which the experts and consultants are employed. Chief authors: Box contributors: Prof. Sergei N. Bobylev, Dr.Sc. (Economics), Prof. A.A. Baranov, Dr.Sc. (Medicine), Director Department of Economics at Moscow State of the Scientific Center for Child Health, University Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Chair Anastassia L. Alexandrova, Ph.D. (Economics), of the Russian Pediatric Association, Social Policy Sector Director, Institute for Urban Academician Economics Prof. V.N. Baskakov, Dr.Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Chair of the Independent Actuarial Information and Analytic Center Chapter authors: V.V. Gavrilov, Ph.D. (Physical and Mathematical), Prof. Vladimir A. Mau, Dr.Sc. (Economics), Deputy Director of the Department for Property Rector of the Academy of National Economy and Land Relations, Economics of Nature Uses under the Government of the RF (Introduction) at the Ministry for Economic Development and Lilia N. Ovcharova, Ph.D. (Economics), Trade of Russia Research Director, Independent Institute for A.T. Goliusov, Ph.D. (Medicine), Head of Social Policy; Head of Laboratory, Institute for HIV/AIDs surveillance Department at the Socio-Economic Studies of Population, RAS Federal Service of the RF for surveillance in (Chapter 1). consumer rights protection and human welfare Mark L. Agranovich, Ph.D. (Economics), Head of K.B. Koulaev, Head of North Caucasus the Centre of Monitoring and Statistics of Recovery Unit, UNDP Russian Federation Education, Deputy Director of the State Research O.B. Loginova, Ph.D. (Physics Education), Institute of IT for Education (Chapter 2). Deputy Rector of the Moscow Institute of Marina E. Baskakova, Dr.Sc. (Economics), Open Education Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Socio- Prof. A.B. Poletayev, Dr.Sc. (Economics), Economic Studies of Population, RAS (Chapter Head of Section at Institute for World 3 co-author) Economy and International Relations Elena B. Mezentseva, Ph.D. (Economics), Senior (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences Lecturer at the Department of Economic M. Svedberg, M.A. (Political Economy of Sociology, State University – Higher School of Transition) from the London School of Economics; Research Fellow at the Moscow Economics, Chief Analyst at the Stockholm Center for Gender Research (Chapter 3 co-author) Institute of Transition Economics Kirill D. Danishevsky, Ph.D. (Medicine), Senior A.E. Sourinov, Dr.Sc. (Economics), Deputy lecturer at the Postgraduate School of Health Director, Federal State Statistics Service Management, Department of Public Health, Moscow Sechenov Medical Academy; Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Consultant at the Open Health Institute, Moscow (Chapter 4). Alexey V. Bobrik, Ph.D. (Medicine), Deputy Human Development Report 2005 for the Russian Federation/Edited by Prof. S.N. Bobylev and A.L. Director, Open Health Institute, Moscow Alexandrova; translation from Russian by Interdialect; editing (Chapter 5). in English by Ben W. Hooson. Cover and design by Lebrand Prof. Sergei N. Bobylev, Dr.Sc. (Economics), Agency; preprinting works by Samolet Design Project; print- Department of Economics at Moscow State ed by Tverskaya Printing-House, 2005, ….pp., incl. tables, fig- University (Chapter 6). ures and boxes. Prof. Lev S. Voronkov, Dr.Sc. (History), Department of European Integration at Moscow State Institute of International Relations; Chairman of the Commission on Readers are presented with the tenth Human Development Report for the Russian Federation. National reports such as MDGs of the UNA in Russia (Chapter 7). this are published on the initiative of the United Nations Natalia V. Zubarevich, Dr.Sc. (Geography), Development Programme (UNDP) in many countries of the Associate Professor at the Department of world. Global reports are also brought out annually. The Geography, Moscow State University (Chapter 8). reports are compiled by teams of independent experts. Galina P. Bodrenkova, Consultant of the State The present Report was put together by combined efforts Duma Committee on Social Associations and of all the UN agencies that function on the territory of the Religious Organizations, National Russian Federation, with the aid of the Foundation “Centre Representative for Russia at the International for Strategic Development”. The theme of the Report is Association of Volunteer Effort (IAVE) (Chapter 9) “Russia in 2015: Development Goals and Policy Priorities”. The given theme is examined in the context of the Millennium Development Goals of the UN (MDGs), which were ratified by the entire international community. The Report is intended for use by high-ranking administra- ISBN 92-1-126171-6 tive personnel, political scientists, teachers, scientific researchers and students of higher education. © UNDP, 2005. 2 Human Development Report for the Russian Federation 2005 Russia The United Nations Development Programme in the Russian Federation expresses its sincere gratitude to the sponsors of the 2005 Human Development Report for the Russian Federation: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) World Health Organization (WHO) United Nations Information Center (UNIC) The authors express their sincere gratitude to the rep- the UNDP Russia team: Stefan Vassilev – UNDP resentatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Resident Representative (until August 2005); Kaarina Russian Federation: Fedotov Y.V. – the (until June Immonen – Deputy Resident Representative; Shombi 2005) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Granovskiy Sharp – Assistant Resident Representative (until July E.A. – Director of the Department of International 2005); Malanova E.M. – Programme Officer; Zotikova Organizations (DMO); Nebenzia V.A. – Deputy V.K. – Communications Officer; Voronkova N.V. – Director of DMO; Khairulin R.A. - the Third Secretary Project Manager; and Mariassin D.S. – UN of DMO; and Isakov Y.N. – Ambassador-at-Large and Coordination Analyst. the Special Envoy on the Russian G-8 Presidency. The authors also express their appreciation to For their invaluable support and contribution to the employees of the Secretariat of the Deputy Prime project, special thanks are addressed to the leader- Minister; employees of the Ministry of Health and ship and employees of the Foundation “Centre for Social Development of the RF and personally to Strategic Research”: Nabiullina E.S. – the President of Sharapova O.V.; to all the experts of the UN system in the Foundation: Dmitriev M.E. – the Scientific Russia who sent their comments, and to the partici- Coordinator of the Foundation; Fomichev O.V. – the pants of the Hearings on the Report, for their con- Director for Development; and also the members of structive criticisms. 3 Address to Readers t becomes more apparent year by year In the Consolidated Report all government Ithat human development and its quality goals are grouped into four main blocks: are now the determining factors for success “Increasing the level and quality of life of of social and economic transformation in the population”; “Increasing the level of any country of the world. The 10th National national security”; “Securing high rates of Human Development Report looks at the sustainable economic growth”; and most important objectives in this field for “Creating potential for future develop- Russia and the world at large in the con- ment”. We were guided in choosing many ceptual framework of the Millennium of these goals by international experience, Development Goals, which were put for- including the Millennium Development ward by the UN for the benefit of humanity, Goals. and approved by the global community and The “goal-target” approach is increasingly by Russia. used for design of local socio-economic As many of the MDGs are intended primari- programmes in Russian regions. Another ly for developing countries, the authors of merit of the Report is its attempt to offer a the Russian Report had to answer difficult scenario for Russia’s development up to the questions: How could these MDGs be inter- year 2015. preted for our country? What are the prop- I am pleased to note that Report authors er targets for their achievement? What have liaised closed with state representa- could constitute indicators of relevant tives, experts from the Centre of Strategic progress? Development, and Government officials. These questions can only be answered by Fruitfulness of the discussions and meet- analyzing a wide range of problems that are ings, which have taken place, is reflected topical for Russia. These problems include: both in Chapters of the Report and in boxes increasing income levels and eradicating and inserts prepared by specialists in poverty; improvement