Vinokurov, Evgeny (born 6 October 1975) is a Russian economist, currently serving as the Chief Economist at
Eurasian Development Bank and the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD). His research is in
macro- and
microeconomics,
regional integration, global financial and economic architecture and
international organization
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s.
He was educated at the universities of Kaliningrad, Göttingen, Grenoble and Moscow. He holds a
Ph.D.
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(''doktor nauk'') in economy from the
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; and a Ph.D. from
Pierre Mendes-France University (Grenoble II). After several years of experience in applied economy research projects at the
Centre for European Policy Studies
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Organisation
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(CEPS),
Catholic University of Leuven and the
University of Jena he proceeded to working with the
Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), being responsible for macro- and microeconomic analysis in particular, as well as the development bank's nascent research program.
Founding director of the EDB Centre for Integration Studies since 2011 until 2018. Over these years, EDB Centre for Integration Studies has published 50 reports on such issues as Eurasian integration,
macroeconomics
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investments, trade, cross-border infrastructure, labour migration and remittances, and the public perception of integration. All of the Centre’s reports are publicly available, open-access resources.
Since 2018 Vinokurov is the Chief Economist of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development. Simultaneously, since 2020 he is Chief Economist at the Eurasian Development Bank. The EFSD primarily provides budget and balance of payment support loans as well as large-scale infrastructure investment loans to its member states. The Chief Economist Group provides research in macro- and microeconomic issues with the focus on macroeconomic stability, fiscal sustainability, and debt sustainability of the EFSD member states. It also covers global and regional economic trends and various issues related to the global economic and financial architecture.
Vinokurov is the author and editor of 19 books, and a member of such professional bodies as
International Studies Association
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and the
American Economic Association
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History and Constitution
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Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Member of the
Russian Council for International Affairs.
Academic Interests
He devoted several years to studying
enclaves and exclaves
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. The main research findings are reflected in the books "A Theory of Enclaves", "Kaliningrad: Enclaves and Economic Integration", and "Adapting to European Integration? The Case of the Russian Exclave Kaliningrad". "A Theory of Enclaves" was also published in Russian. The study is built on the analysis of an extensive database that covers over 280 enclaves and exclaves. Enclaves are a fairly frequent phenomenon. The role of the enclaves as a generator of conflicts between motherland and surrounding states (e.g., Britain and Spain in the case of
Gibraltar
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, Russia and the European Union in the case of
Kaliningrad
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, Spain and Morocco in the case of
Ceuta and
Melilla) is of particular interest. A theory of enclaves provides the answers to two fundamental questions: what factors determine the enclaves' sovereign belonging (ethnic composition of the population) and what economic policies can ensure their successful sustainable economic development (economic openness).
Starting from 2003, Vinokurov has been engaged in studying
economic and political integration. His interest in the Russian-European vector led to the publication of the book "The CIS, the EU, and Russia: The Challenges of Integration". Since 2006, while working in the
EDB, Vinokurov focused on the issues of economic integration in the post-Soviet space and
Eurasia. In 2007 Vinokurov became the Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies. In 2008 he launched and became the editor of th
EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook(in English) and the quarterly research and analytica
Journal of Eurasian Economic Integration(in Russian), published by the EDB until 2013 and 2015, respectively.
In 2009 he headed the international research group and published the EDB System of Indicators for the Eurasian Integration (SIEI), a complex system of comprehensive monitoring of statistics and dynamics of regional integration in the CIS region with the use of a specialized economic toolkit. Together with A. Libman they also developed a theory of holding-together regionalism to explain the patterns of regional re-integration processes (relevant for the explanation of integration patterns not only in the post-Soviet space but also in
Africa
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and some other regions).
His research focused on integration processes on the Eurasian continent, spanning the
European Union, the
Eurasian Economic Union,
Central Asia,
Eastern Asia
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, and
South Asia. In a nutshell, it provides a coherent view of Eurasian continental integration. The concept of Eurasian continental integration was the subject of the book "Eurasian Integration: Challenges of Transcontinental Regionalism", written together with A. Libman.
"Re-Evaluating Regional Organizations: Behind the Smokescreen of Official Mandates", was also co-authored with A. Libman and published by
Palgrave Macmillan in 2017. It introduces the new database of 62
regional organizations with up to 130 various parameters for each one of them. This monograph pursues two research questions: first, why do regional organizations demonstrate such remarkable resilience even when they do not achieve their declared goals? Second, what factors actually determine the goal-setting and how do they evolve over the life of the regional organization?
“Introduction to the Eurasian Economic Union”, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018. It represents a concise survey of various aspects of the functioning of the
EAEU – from its history and institutions to the analysis of the common markets and the external economic relations. “One Eurasia or Many? Regional Interconnections and Connectivity Projects on the Eurasian Continent”, a book on the institutional cooperation setting and connectivity across the Eurasian continent, was written together with A. Libman and published by George Washington University in 2021.
Participation in International Congresses and Conferences
* Annual
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
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* Valdai Club
* Regular ICCEES congresses
* Annual EDB International Conference on Eurasian Integration
*
Astana Economic Forum
*
Emerging Markets Forum
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*Annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Publications
Books
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2021
One Eurasia or Many? Regional Interconnections and Connectivity Projects on the Eurasian Continent — Washington DC: The George Washington University, Central Asia Program. ISBN 978-0-578-86820-2.
Vinokurov E. (2018
Introduction to the Eurasian Economic Union Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Vinokurov E., Libman A. (2017
Re-Evaluating Regional Organizations: Behind the Smokescreen of Official Mandates Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Vinokurov E., Kulik S., Spartak A., Chernyshev S., Yurgens I. (2015
The Conflict of Two Integrations Moscow: Ekon-Inform. In Russian.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2014
System of Indicators of Eurasian Integration II St. Petersburg: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2013
EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2013 Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E., Libman A. (2012
Eurasian Integration: Challenges of Transcontinental Regionalism Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2012
Holding-Together Regionalism: Twenty Years of the Post-Soviet Integration Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Vinokurov E., Libman A. (2012) Еurasian Continental Integration. St. Petersburg: EDB. In Russian.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2012
EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012 Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2011
EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2011 Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2010
EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2010 Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2009
The System of Indicators of Eurasian Integration Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2009
EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2009 Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2008
EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2008 Almaty: EDB.
Gaenzle S., Muentel G., Vinokurov E. (eds.) (2008
Adapting to European Integration? The Case of the Russian Exclave Kaliningrad Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Vinokurov E. (2007
A Theory of Enclaves Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Vinokurov E. (2007
Kaliningrad: Enclaves and Economic Integration Brussels: CEPS.
Malfliet K., Verpoest L., Vinokurov E. (eds.) (2007
The CIS, the EU, and Russia: Challenges of Integration London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Vinokurov E. (2002) Together with Kant. Philosophical Foundations of a Global World Order. Kaliningrad: KGU (in Russian).
Selected Papers and Reports
Vinokurov E., Levenkov A. (2021) The Enlarged Global Financial Safety Net. Global Policy. Vol. 12, no. 1.
Vinokurov E. (2020) Interaction of Eurasian and international financial institutions. Post-Communist Economies. Vol. 33, no. 2-3.
Vinokurov E. (2019) The Belt and Road Initiative: A Russian Perspective. In: Kohli, H., Linn, J., Zucker L. (eds.
China's Belt and Road Initiative: Potential Transformation of Central Asia and the South Caucasus SAGE Publications Inc.
Lissovolik Y., Vinokurov E. (2019
Extending BRICS to BRICS+: Potential for Development Finance, Connectivity, and Financial Stability Area Development and Policy, 4(2): 117-133.
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2018) Autocracies and Regional Integration: the Eurasian Case. Post-Communist Economies.
Vinokurov E., Tsukarev T. (2018
The Belt and Road Initiative and the Interests of Transit Countries: an Economic Assessment of Transport Corridors Area Development and Policy, 3: 1: 93-113.
Vinokurov E., Libman A. (2018) Eurasian Integration and its Institutions: Do They Serve to Provide Security in Eurasia? In: Bordachev T., Dutkiewicz P., Lukyanov F., Sakwa R. (eds.
Eurasia on the Edge Lexington Books, Lanham, MD.
Vinokurov E. (2017
The Eurasian Economic Union: Current State and Preliminary Results Russian Journal of Economics. Vol. 3 (1): 54-70.
Vinokurov E. (2016
Unter Partnern. Ein nüchterner Blick auf die Eurasische Wirtschaftsunion Osteuropa, 5: 129-140 (in German)
Vinokurov E. (2016) Eurasian Economic Union: A Sober Look. Voprosy Ekonomiki. No. 12
Vinokurov E., Libman A. (2014
Do Economic Crises Impede or Advance Regional Economic Integration in the Post-Soviet Space? Post-Communist Economies. Vol. 26 (3): 341–358.
Vinokurov E. (2014
Emerging Eurasian Continental Integration: Trade, Investments, and Infrastructure Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies. Vol. 6(1): 69-93.
Vinokurov E. (2014
A Mega Deal Amid a Relationship Crisis Russia in Global Affairs. No. 4.
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2012
Post-Soviet integration and the interaction of functional bureaucracies Review of International Political Economy. Vol. 19(5): 867-894
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2012) Eurasian Economic Union: Why Now? Will It Work? Is It Enough?
Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations. Summer issue.
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2012
Regional Integration and Economic Convergence in the Post-Soviet Space: Experience of a Decade of Growth Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 50. Number 1. pp. 112–128.
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2011
Is it really different? Patterns of regionalisation in the post-Soviet Central Asia Post-Communist Economies, 23 (4), pp. 469–492.
Vinokurov E., Libman A. (2010) Post-Soviet Regional Integration Trends: Results of Quantitative Analysis, Voprosy Economiki, July.
Vinokurov E., Libman A., Maqsimchook N. (2010) Dynamika integracionnykh processov v Centralnoy Azii
he Dynamics of Integration Processes in Central Asia Journal of Eurasian Economic Integration. Vol. 2 (7): 5-32. (In Russian).
Vinokurov E. Libman A. (2009) Systema indikatorov evraziyskoy integracii: osnovnye vyvody
he System of Indicators of Eurasian Integration: Main Findings Journal of Eurasian Economic Integration, Vol. 4 (5): 38-57. (In Russian).
The System of Indicators of Eurasian Integration: Main Findings. In Russian.
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Vinokurov E., Jadraliyev M., Shcherbanin Y. (2009)
The EurAsEC Transport Corridors
EDB Sector Report no.5. April. Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (2009) Mutual Investment in The CIS Banking Sector, The Euromoney Central Asia & CEE Financial Markets Handbook 2009/10, Euromoney, pp. 4–9.
Vinokurov E. (2008
The CIS Common Electric Power Market
EDB Industry Report no.3. Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (2008
Nuclear Complexes of Russia and Kazakhstan: Prospects of Development and Cooperation
EDB Industry Report no.1. Almaty: EDB.
Samson I., Lamande V., and Vinokurov E. (2004) Measuring Regional Economic Development in Russia: The Case of the Kaliningrad Oblast, in: European Urban and Regional Studies, (11)1:71-8.
Lamande V., Vinokurov E. (2003) Trade in Kaliningrad Oblast, Problems of Economic Transition, (46)6: 56-72.
References
External links
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) official websiteEurasian Development Bank official website
The EDB Centre for Integration Studies' ReportsJournal of Eurasian Economic Integration (in Russian)EDB Eurasian Integration YearbookEDB Industry research
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
Post-Communist Economies
Review of International Political Economy
Evgeny Vinokurov's personal website
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1975 births
Living people
People from Kaliningrad
Russian economists
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University alumni