Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

The Economics of the Post-Sovietand Eurasian Integration9Monitoring social moodsin the post-Soviet space:EDB Integration BarometerIgor V.ZadorinIgor V. Zadorin – founding director of the Centre of IntellectualResources and Cooperation in the Field of Social Sciences,ZIRCON Research Group, since 1989. Executive Director of theEurasian Monitor international research agency since February2006, senior research scientist at the Social Studies Institute of theRussian Academy of Sciences, permanent consultant of leadinganalytical centres and strategy counsels, and a member of theworking group on updating the Russian government’s Strategy2020, a long-term plan for reform and economic growth.In April-May 2012, the Eurasian Monitor conducted its latest study on publicopinion in the post-Soviet space, devoted to the theme of people’s attitudetowards integration between countries. This study was conducted jointly withthe Centre for Integration Studies of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)and with its support. The project, EDB Integration Barometer 1 , consisted ofnationwide polls in 10 CIS countries as well as in Georgia, questioning over13,000 people (between 950 and 2,000 in each country). The sample universein each country represented the adult population by gender, age and type ofsettlement.The post-Soviet space is an arena of close economic, technological, politicaland cultural interaction. Integration between countries of the former Soviet1The full version of the EDB Integration Barometer analytical report available at: http://www.eabr.org/r/research/analytics/centre/projects/integration_barometer/150 EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012