Since 1991, the eyes of the world have been on the economic growth and development of the states that formerly made up the Soviet Union. Looking at Belarus's industrial structure, economic growth, and economic prospects, this edited collection analyses why Belarus is considered ahead of many of its neighbour states in terms of human development.

Bruno S. Sergi teaches on emerging markets and the political economy of Russia and China at Harvard University; he is an Associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard, and he is the Series Editor of Cambridge Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets. He is the author of Exploring the Future of Russia's Economy and Markets: Towards Sustainable Economic Development.