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the Deputy Directors of the Economics of the World Socialist System Institute in
Moscow that was established in 1961 to act as a model for other Socialists States to
follow in their economic planning. He headed the Growth subdepartment of that
institute from 1978. In 1985, he was the recipient of the N. G. Chernishev Prize for
his work. (LDA 89-11378.)
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Scientific Research Institutes Directly Subordinate to the Economics
Department
Organization of Other Leading Research Institutes: The Economics Institute
located in Moscow includes the following Departments: 1. The Agriculture
Department; 2. The Economic Accounting and Economic Problems of Management
Department; 3. The Economic Effectiveness and New Technology Department; 4.
The Economic Information Department; 5. The Economics of Agriculture
Department; 6. The General Problems of the Political Economy of Socialism
Department; 7. The History of Soviet Economies and Soviet Economic Thought
Department; 8. An "unidentified" Department, and, 9. A Reproduction Department.
The Economics of the World Socialist System Institute in Moscow has 14
Departments, including an "unidentified" Department. They include: 1. The
Information Department; 2. The Branch Problems of Cooperation Department; 3.
The Economics of Agriculture Department; 4. The Economics of Industry and
Transportation Department; 5. The Foreign Trade and Price Formation in the World
Socialist Market Department; 6. The General Economics Department; 7. The
Planning and the International Socialist Division of Labor Department; 8. The
Political and Ideological Problems Department; 9. The Relations of Socialist
Countries with Capitalist and Developing Countries Department; 10. The Scientific
and Technical Progress and Cooperation Department; 11. The Scientific Information
and Statistics Department, and, 12. The Socialist Countries Department.
Growth: As Figure 24 illustrates, the period of greatest growth of the Economics
Department was from 1975 to 1980. The Department's institutes collect statistical
data, do statistical research, analyze information, organize economic regional and
national planning for GOSPLAN, and serve as information collectors and
disseminators in Russia. The Department maintains a large computer center in
Moscow. In 1980, as shown in Figure 43, there were 8 SRIs subordinate to the
Economics Department of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR; in 1992, this
number had grown to 13 SRIs, as the accompanying listing shows.
1. Economics (Economy) Institute in Moscow (1947) (IE).
Located at 26/2, Krasikova st., Moscow, V-218, 117218. tel. 129-16-44.
Directed by Academician Leonid I. Abalkin. tel. 129-02-27.
Abalkin, Leonid I., D. Econ. S. Born in 1930. Russian economist. Corresponding
member of the Economics Department of the AN SSSR and the RAN in 1984; and,
an academician in 1987. He was selected as director of the Economics Institute in
Moscow in 1986. That institute was founded in 1955 and its scientists study general
economic theory, agricultural and labor economics, and Russian economic
development. He is leading research in population, manpower and labor protection.
He has been a member of the Presidium of the AN SSSR and of the AN SSSR from
October 1988. He is presently deputy to the Academician Secretary of the
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