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    We Elect them - They Select Us: Gender Analysis of Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Russia: 2003-2004

    Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations, 2004
    The Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations (CWNA) undertook a gender analysis of the 2003 and 2004 Russian Federation parliamentary and presidential elections. Beforehand, gender inequalities were evident in the extremely low level of women in leading positions in the state legislative, executive and judicial bodies.
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    Modular Package on Gender Power and Employment

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    This Russian training pack is one of four region-specific packs for raising awareness, training and facilitating consultations and social dialogue on gender, employment and poverty among different national actors. The pack is aimed at a range of audiences and is divided into modules which can be used in different combinations depending on the training needs.
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    Gender Equality and Extension of Women Rights in Russia within Millennium Development Goals

    United Nations Development Programme, 2003
    This report focuses on the relationship between gender inequality in Russia and what is required to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3 - to promote gender equality and empower women.
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    Internal exit in the Russian Federation

    Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies,, Latvia, 2003
    Are greater democracy and more transparent fiscal flows good for Russian territorial integrity?Buchanan and Faith (1987) model fiscal extraction by a self-interested coalition in a club, which provides a public good to its members.
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    How are workers with family responsibilities faring in the workplace?

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    This paper looks at how discrimination associated with family responsibilities can lead to reduced incomes and a vicious cycle of poverty. Based on interviews of workers in Botswana, Honduras, Mexico, the Russian Federation, the United States, and Vietnam, this paper examines how family responsibilities affect the ability of parents to get jobs, keep jobs and earn a living wage.
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    HIV/AIDS and drug misuse in Russia: harm reduction programmes and the Russian legal system

    International Family Health, UK, 2003
    This International Family Health paper examines how Russian law hinders the development of Harm Reduction programmes to tackle HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation. Although there are currently around 70 harm reduction programmes in Russia, none of these receive official support due to the belief that Russian law actually prohibits these programmes.
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    Formal rules and informal institutions in Russian economic life

    Economic Sociology Electronic Journal, Russian Federation, 2001
    [Full text of the article is in Russian language only.]The article applies institutional theory to examine the observation of economic legislation by market participants.
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    Education-specific human capital mismatch in Central European countries and Russia: a comparative study

    Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and the Economics Institute, Prague, 2004
    The accumulation of human capital is considered a key determinant in projecting a developing country’s economic performance over time. Adult populations across Central and Eastern Europe average 10 years of schooling, or more, comparable or higher than most OECD countries. As a result, it’s often concluded that these countries are automatically well-poised to compete in a market economy.
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    Informal employment in Siberian villages

    Economic Sociology Electronic Journal, Russian Federation, 2001
    The decade of agrarian reforms in the post-Soviet Russia has failed to develop an efficient multilayered structure of the agricultural sector and has also led to the deterioration of living standards of most agrarian workers.
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    Russian business: on the way to legalization?

    Economic Sociology Electronic Journal, Russian Federation, 2003
    This paper explores the use of "grey schemes" by Russian import businesses and examines whether there has been a shift towards legalising business practices."Grey schemes" are not necessarily criminal activities but rather semi-legal activities in customs clearance aimed at reducing the amount due in import tariffs.

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