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  Accessibility of higher education for socially vulnerable groups

  Independent Institute for Social Policy,, Russian Federation, 2003

  [Full text of the article is in Russian language only.] Changes in the market for education services have made the transition from secondary to higher education more complex.
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  Trafficking of children for labor and sexual exploitation in Moldova: results of a rapid assessment survey

  Institute for Public Policy,, Moldova Republic, 2004

  This paper analyses the problem of child trafficking from Moldova for the purpose of labour or sexual exploitation. According to the authors, the problem is a serious one, with up to 5000 cases of child trafficking each year.
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  Belarus facing dual enlargement: will the EU squeeze harder?

  International Institute for Policy Studies,, Belarus, 2003

  This paper analyses the challenges to the current Belarus leadership presented by the expansion of the EU and NATO. Understanding the Belarus position is important because Belarus is an important transit country, despite the country’s self-imposed isolation.According to the paper, the level of relations between Belarus and the EU is lower than those between the EU and Ukraine and Russia.
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  Ownership concentration in Russian industry

  New Economic School,, Russian Federation, 2004

  How large is the extent of ownership concentration in the Russian economy?
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  Global reporting initiative: HIV/AIDS program

  Ford Motor Company, 2004

  This report, from the Ford Motor Company, details how the HIV/AIDS epidemic is affecting the corporation under the terms of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The GRI is a multi-stakeholder process whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.
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  Banks-enterprises nexus under a currency board: empirical evidence from Bulgaria

  Institute of Economics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2003

  This study analyses bank lending in the context of bank-firm relations within the Bulgarian currency board. It focuses on the intersection of credit supply and demand on the side of banks and firms.
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  Tajikistan’s growth performance: the first decade of transition

  Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2003

  This work provides a description of the main economic and political problems that led to the sharp decline in Tajikistan’s economic output during the 1990s, and provides policy recommendations.Between 1991 and 2000 GDP contracted by some 60%, with the greater part of the decline being in the industrial sector.According to the authors, a major factor that contributed to the fall in economic o
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  The effect of ownership type and concentration on performance of joint stock companies in Armenia

  Armenian International Policy Research Group, 2004

  This paper studies the correlation between ownership concentration, type and structure as well as efficiency of Armenian joint stock companies. The research is based on a data set from the Securities Commission with data being submitted by joint stock companies.
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  PLACE in Central Asia: A regional strategy to focus AIDS prevention in Almaty and Karaganda, Kazakhstan; Osh, Kyrgyzstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2002

  MEASURE Evaluation, 2004

  This report from the Center for Study of Public Opinion details the Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) protocol that was implemented in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. PLACE identifies specific sites where HIV/AIDS prevention programmes can be most effective.
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  Results of the OECD-DAC survey on harmonisation and alignment (first draft)

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2004

  This report presents a draft overview of the results of an indicator based survey undertaken across the 14 countries by the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s (DAC) Task Team on Harmonisation and Alignment.While partner countries and donors are making real efforts to improve coordination and aid effectiveness, the study found that there are still areas for improvement:partner count

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