Nº 9 (2024)

The article examines healthcare financing in the core countries of BRICS in the current multi-faceted crisis, touching upon two aspects, namely the total volume of financing and the organizational framework in which it is carried out. It is shown that in the countries under consideration, despite the differences in the socio-economic situation, the government attaches great importance to the development of healthcare systems, and with a combination of public and private financing, the general trend is to strengthen state participation. This should help to overcome fragmentation of healthcare, considering the need to ensure universal access of the population to medical care. At the same time, the combinations of financing mechanisms used differ by country; the prevailing trend is the widespread use of social health insurance while in the private financing sector the share of “out of pocket” payments is decreasing. The active reforms of healthcare systems in the core countries of BRICS are at various stages of implementation and many of the tasks set are still far from being completed.

The article reveals the features of the modern global financial market (GFM)’s functioning. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the GFM’s digitalization, which covers all its segments and radically transforms the nature of the activities. The article concludes that the modern GFM does not fully ensure the effective redistribution of financial resources between various counterparties, which negatively affects the development of the global economy, and financialization of the world economy continues, which further weakens the connection between operations in the financial market and the real sector of the world economy.

The article is devoted to the assessment of the current state of development of transport and logistics infrastructure of Mongolia. The analysis is descriptive and aimed at identifying ambiguous trends in the development of transport and logistics infrastructure of Mongolia. In addition, as a result of the work carried out, based on the assessment of official data, expert opinions on the development of the economy of Mongolia, as well as personal observations of the author, practical conclusions are made about the discrepancy between the directions of development of international investment cooperation in the studied area and the need for developing transport and logistics infrastructure in Mongolia and for improving the institutional environment. The findings are methodological and applied in nature.

The article examines the prospects and obstacles to strengthening economic ties between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. Today, the deepening of cooperation between them plays a strategic role for both countries in the current geopolitical situation, especially in the context of the prevailing global challenges. The objective of the research is to examine the potential for strengthening economic ties between Belarus and Russia in order to determine development prospects and reveal potential hindrances to this process. The scientific importance of the study lies in the expanding of knowledge about international economic transactions and their impact on regional economy. The practical importance of this work lies in the fact that it provides an assessment of the current state of relations between Belarus and Russia. The methodology of this work includes analytical coverage of economic data such as the volume of exports, imports, as well as the study of political and trade relations; data from the official web resource of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (“Belstat”) have been used. The information about the most exported and imported commodities has been collected from the Ru-Stat website. The main results and conclusions emphasize the importance of deepening economic relations between Belarus and Russia, as well as identify potential obstacles to this process. The article can contribute to a deeper understanding of the dynamics of economic cooperation within the Belarusian and Russian territories. In general, the conceptual approach to deepening economic relations provides understanding of the cooperation dynamics.