| Evgeny Y. Vinokurov | |
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| Born | November 6, 1975 (age 36–37) Kaliningrad, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | Eurasian Development Bank |
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Vinokurov's personal website at http://www.vinokurov.info |
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Vinokurov, Evgeny (born 1975, Kaliningrad) is an economist, Deputy Head of Strategy and Research Department and Head of Economic Analysis Division at the Eurasian Development Bank.[1] Vinokurov promotes the idea of Eurasian integration.
He was educated at the universities of Kaliningrad, Göttingen, Grenoble and Moscow. He earned a Ph.D. (doctor 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 (CEPS), Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Jena he proceeded to working with the EDB, being responsible for macro and microeconomic analysis in particular, as well as the development bank's research program. He is the author of four individual and five multi-author books.[2][3]
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He devoted several years to studying enclaves and exclaves.[4] The main research findings are reflected in the books "A Theory of Enclaves",[5] "Kaliningrad: Enclaves and Economic Integration",[6] and "Adapting to European Integration? The Case of the Russian Exclave Kaliningrad".[7] "A Theory of Enclaves" was also published in Russian.[8] 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, Russia and the European Union in the case of Kaliningrad, 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? and what economic policies can ensure their successful sustainable economic development?
Starting in 2003, Vinokurov has actively been engaged in studying economic and political integration. His interest in the Russian-European vector leads to the publication of the book "The CIS, the EU, and Russia: The Challenges of Integration".[9] 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.[10] In 2008, he launched and became the editor of the EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook and the quarterly research and analytical Journal of Eurasian Economic Integration, both published by the EDB.
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. The SIEI demonstrated a decrease in the overall level of integration in the CIS in the 2000s. At the same time the EurAsEC-5 (and especially the core of the three largest states - EurAsEC-3) became more integrated. Vinokurov argues in favor of solidifying "the integration core" in the post-Soviet space.
Vinokurov promotes the idea of Eurasian continental integration. The theme of the Eurasian continental integration is present in several publications, as well as the number of analytical reviews of the Eurasian Development Bank. Regional economic integration may start with the key sectors and then move to the level of institutional integration. Preliminary studies indicate the significant potential of continental integration, especially in such sectors as electricity, transport, telecommunications, tourism, and agriculture. Functional integration in different sectors of the economy may be supplemented by the reduction of barriers on the way of labor and capital movement. Safety issues, including fight against drug trafficking, human trafficking and epidemics, can also be solved more efficiently within the continental integration initiatives. The presence of several centers of power - the EU, China, India, Russia, as a center of attraction of the former Soviet Union, and Turkey, as an emerging leader of the Islamic West Asia, makes the emergence of a single continental integration organization of a supranational nature very unlikely. A network structure of integration, a so called "spaghetti bowl" of various kinds of multilateral agreements aimed at solving specific problems, is much more probable. Corporate and informal integration will play a key role. In terms of Toffler, the Eurasian integration will be the integration of a "third wave" [11] - nonlinear, flexible, with a constantly changing structure.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) (2010) EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2010. Almaty: EDB.
Vinokurov E. (ed.) 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. Lexington Books, Lanham, MD.
Vinokurov E. (2007) Kaliningrad: Enclaves and Economic Integration. CEPS, Brussels.[15]
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).
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 [The Dynamics of Integration Processes in Central Asia]. Eurasian Economic Integration, May (7).
Vinokurov E. Libman A. (2009) Systema indikatorov evraziyskoy integracii: osnovnye vyvody [The System of Indicators of Eurasian Integration: Main Findings], Eurasian Economic Integration, 4(5), p. 38-57.
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2010) Is It Really Different? Patterns of regionalization in the post-Soviet Central Asia. MPRA Working Paper.[16]
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2010) Holding Together Regionalism and the Interaction of Functional Bureaucracies. MPRA Working Paper.[17]
Libman A., Vinokurov E. (2010) Regional Integration and Economic Convergence in the post-Soviet Space: Experience of the Decade of Growth. MPRA Working Paper.[18]
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.