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    Estimation of individual demand for alcohol

    Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2005
    According to the authors, the problem of alcoholisation in the Russian society is considerably worse off than before and is even aggravating in spite of the growing economy. The level of alcohol consumption in Russia is one of the highest in the world.
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    Migrants lack information on UK banks’ remittance services

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    Money sent by migrants to their families is the second largest financial flow to the developing world, after foreign direct investment. However, there is little information on remittance products and services available to migrants.  A new project ‘Sending Money Home?’ based in the UK, aims to fill this gap and make money transfers easier for those on a low income.
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    Return to co-operative farming prevents poverty in former socialist countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    Collective farming systems in most former communist countries were dismantled after the break up of the Soviet Union. Private farms are now the main form of ownership for land management. However, rural poverty remains high, particularly in Central Asia. What type of farm system is preferable?
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    Transition to adulthood in Georgia: dynamics of generational and gender roles in post-totalitarian society

    Institute for Policy Studies,, Georgia, 2003
    During the past decade Georgia underwent drastic changes.
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    The state of food insecurity in the world, 2005

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005
    The FAO food insecurity report of 2005 focuses on the critical importance of hunger reduction, which is the explicit target of the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS) and of the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG 1) which calls for the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.
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    Out of sight, out of mind?: Central Asia's hidden poverty crisis

    Christian Aid, 2005
    This year, the media spotlight has fallen on political developments in the former Soviet states of Central Asia.
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    Gender stereotypes in employment in Uzbekistan

    Central Asian Network for Gender Studies, Kazakhstan, 2003
    The purpose of this report is to analyse the gender aspects in employment in modern Uzbekistan. More precisely, the author aims to track the influence of gender stereotypes from the point of view of an employer and of a current or potential worker.The author first provides a gender profile for higher education enrollment.
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    Model of inflation processes in the Republic of Belarus

    National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, Belarus, 2004
    Under the conditions of macroeconomic instability that is currently typical of Belarus, economic entities and individuals periodically face the issue of forecasting future inflation rates.
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    Public opinion in Tbilisi: in the aftermath of the parliamentary elections of November 2, 2003

    Institute for Policy Studies,, Georgia, 2004
    This paper studies the changes in political attitudes of Georgian citizens due to the 'rose revolution' of 2003.
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    Problems and contradictions of contemporary educational policy

    The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, 2004
    This paper briefly presents some of the problems of the educational system in Kazakhstan suggesting that lack of decentralization and democratization are the most serious of them.The author finds that some elements of decentralization of the management process of educational institutions started to appear.

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