Project areas
In its analytical work the EDB CII specialises in applied quantitative research across a wide range of topics: macroeconomic modelling in the context of the EAEU, monetary and financial issues, mutual investment, mutual trade, infrastructure analysis, labour migration trends and public perceptions of integration.
The organisation and conduct of research, as well as the subsequent publication of analytical reports based on its results, are carried out within the main project areas:
One of the EDB CII's priorities is the implementation of projects aimed at analysing the instruments and effects of deeper integration in the EAEU. In terms of the volume of work carried out, this is the largest block of the Centre's analytics.
The EDB CII's analytics is aimed at a detailed analysis of the benefits, costs and risks of integration processes and at reaching conclusions on the optimality of particular steps under various scenarios of integration and socio-economic development.
Monitoring of mutual direct investment is the Bank's flagship analytical project, implemented since 2012. The analysis relies on a database of investment projects developed and maintained by the Bank, compiled on a bottom-up basis from company reports and publicly available primary information.
The EDB Integration Barometer is a long-term applied research project of the EDB CII. As part of it, an annual survey of residents of 12 CIS countries is conducted to study public opinion on the economic, political and socio-cultural aspects of Eurasian integration and cooperation over time.
The aim of this ongoing EDB CII project is the systematic study of regional integration projects around the world for the further practical application of international experience to Eurasian integration. The core of the project is a regularly updated database of regional economic organisations and agreements (the RID database).
Regional Integration Database (RID)
The RID database is a public resource available in open access. You can view the most up-to-date version of the database here:
Regional Integration Database (RID) XLSX, 73.79 KB
The EDB CII invites experts to make wide use of the database for quantitative and qualitative research. When using the database, a reference to the source is mandatory.
The EDB contributes to the development of EAEU relations with the European Union through participation in the international project "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Integration on the Eurasian Continent" (with IIASA, Austria). Since 2016 the analysis of economic cooperation with Asian countries, including the alignment of the EAEU and the Silk Road Economic Belt, has been among its priorities.
