Who they are

The Institute for Urban Economics (IUE) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization established in 1995 in Moscow. It was created to identify and analyze the social and economic problems of urban areas and promote solutions to these problems. Main goals of the institute are: elaboration and introduction of new approaches to solving housing problems, financing of housing and urban infrastructure, municipal management, urban land use, social protection of the population, and other problems of the social and economic life of cities. All IUE researchers bring considerable experience in working with different governmental and municipal structures, scientific research and educational institutes, both state-sponsored and private, as well as international donor agencies, banks, small business enterprises and foreign companies.