Elena B. Zavyalova is Doctor of Economics, Professor and Head of the Economic Policy Department at MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia. She teaches Russian Economy, Economy of the Former Soviet Countries, National Economic Security, Economic Policy, Public-Private Partnership, Sustainable Development and International Development Assistance. She is an active participant in programs of the World Bank and Beijing Normal University (China). She is a co-author of several research papers for the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, author of over scientific 60 publications. Elena G. Popkova is Doctor of Economics and Professor at MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia. She is President of the autonomous non-profit organization “Institute of Scientific Communications”. Elena G. Popkova organizes Russian and international scientific and practical conferences and is the editor and author of collective monographs, and serves as a guest editor of international scientific journals. She has published more than 300 works in Russian and foreign peer-reviewed scientific journals and books.
