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    Adjustment to the asymmetric shocks and currency unions: the Case of Belarus and Russia

    Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2005
    The possible currency union of Belarus and Russia is of special interest due to its asymmetry. More specifically, the potential growth of the bilateral trade between Belarus and Russia may contribute to greater dependence of Belarus on Russia.
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    Private-public partnerships in Georgia: a case study of contracting an NGO to provide specialist health services

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004
    This issues paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, details a contracting arrangement made between the Georgian government and a non-profit, non-governmental health provider, the Jo Ann Medical Centre (JAMC) to provide paediatric cardiac surgery.
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    Progress for children: a report card on immunization

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2005
    This volume of Progress for Children reports on the progress of immunisations by countries and region.The report finds that East Asia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean and Middle East/North Africa are almost achieving the 90 per cent target for DPT3 (national and district coverage).
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    Health care systems in transition: Azerbaijan

    European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2004
    This paper, published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, describes developments in Azerbaijan’s health system since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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    Facing the challenges of health care financing

    European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2004
    This article, published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies as chapter 3 of the book "Health Services in Transition: Learning from Experience," examines efforts to strengthen health care financing in the transitional economies of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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    Winners and losers: the consequences of transition for health

    European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2004
    This article, published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies as chapter 2 of the book "Health Services in Transition: Learning from Experience," provides background information on the impact of economic transition on health in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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    Transition – the first ten years: analysis and lessons for eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

    World Bank, 2002
    This World Bank report examines economic transition in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, analysing the reasons why the transition process appears to have been more successful in some countries than others.
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    Comparative analysis of the impact of tobacco and alcohol consumption in eight countries of the former Soviet Union

    Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, 2003
    This paper, published by the Institute for Advanced Studies, examines the determinants and impacts of tobacco and alcohol consumption in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and the Ukraine. It reports that male smoking rates in these countries were among the highest in the world and show no evidence of decline.
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    The armed forces, military reform and civilian control over the security structure in Kazakhstan

    The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, 2003
    During the Soviet times there were no Kazakh armed forces, only soldiers of Kazakh origin serving in the Soviet army. There were also very few Kazakh who had specialised knowledge or experience in any sphere of military affairs.
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    Modern trends of the world community and financial market development

    The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, 2004
    This paper examines various global economic trends affecting Kazakhstan’s exports, and analyses their influence on Kazakhstan’s economic potential.The paper identifies several key recent developments that affect the dynamics of the country’s exports:considerable increase of export and production of crude oil and gas condensate, due to the growth of energy consumption in Asian economies,

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