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  Reality check: the distributional impact of privatization in developing countries

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2005

  This report looks at the privatisation of state-owned enterprises as a market reform. The volume brings together a comprehensive set of country studies on the effects of privatisation on people.
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  Preventing chronic diseases: a vital investment

  World Health Organization, 2005

  In this report, the World Health Organization (WHO) presents data which shows that 80 per cent of the 35 million premature deaths from chronic diseases (including heart disease, stroke and cancer) during 2005 will occur in low and middle income countries. Projected figures also suggest that the number of deaths from chronic disease is growing, with men and women equally affected.
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  The impact of transition to the market economy on welfare changes: lessons from the experience of Asian transitional economies

  Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2001

  This paper, published in China and the World Economy, explores the economic and social changes that occurred during the transition to a market economy in the countries of east and central Asia.
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  Observations on health financing reform in the republic of Georgia, 1996-2002

  Business in Development, 2003

  This paper, published by Business in Development, examines changes in health financing in Georgia between 1996 and 2002, focusing on the State Medical Insurance Company (SMIC), a social health insurance agency established in 1996.
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  Monee report number 8: a decade of transition

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2001

  This report, published by UNICEF, looks at trends in the well-being of people living in the 27 countries of central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union during 1989-1999. It looks at household incomes, health, education and children in public care. With regard to health, the report describes a growing gap between poorer and richer parts of the region.
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  Ten years of transition: a review article

  Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, Poland, 2000

  This article, published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies, reviews the literature on economic transition in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It notes that in central and eastern Europe, macro-economic stability has more or less been achieved and growth has resumed.
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  The human capital heterogeneity at the Russian labor market

  Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2005

  Human capital theorists often assume that human capital depends on variables like education and experience.
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  Armenia 2020 scenarios book

  Armenia 2020, 2004

  The book, written by a group of Armenian researchers, experts and practitioners from around the world, presents some of the results of the so-called Armenia 2020 Project. The Project is an effort to develop a vision for the country’s future, discuss some alternative development scenarios and identify potential problems and pitfalls.
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  Diaspora, the comparative advantage for Armenia

  Association for Participatory Democracy,, Moldova|Association for Participatory Democracy, (ADEPT), Moldova, 2004

  In recent years, Diasporan Armenians have united around the Armenian Republic to support the Karabagh movement, establish democracy, offer material contribution to the Armenian population, and develop the country’s economy. The author tries to answer the question: what should be done to encourage Diaspora investments in Armenia?
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  BTC Pipeline: an IFI recipe for increasing poverty

  BankWatch, 2005

  This report details the infringements detected in the construction phase of the Georgian section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline.The pipeline has been build by a consortium led by BP, in order to bring oil from Caspian Sea oilfields to Western markets.

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