EASTERN EUROPE: Social spending faces fiscal pressure

The legacy of universal health, education and social welfare allowed the countries in the region...

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EASTERN EUROPE: Transition risks creating underclass

Many of the countries of the region are preparing to join the EU. Efforts to challenge poverty,...

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The theory of the 'resource curse' appears applicable to sub-Saharan Africa, where the...

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Africa suffers from more domestic conflicts and humanitarian crises than any other region of the...

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South Africa's recent volte face on HIV/AIDS policy coincides with a new analysis on the dangers...

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The three member states regarded the East African Community Treaty of 1999 as a platform to...

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Amnesty International on August 11 issued a report on the killings of over 370 women in Ciudad...

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President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada has announced a number of changes to his cabinet. By...

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South Africa's leading mining and industrial family, the Oppenheimers, have launched a...

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Finance Minister Milen Velchev remains in office despite tendering his resignation on August 7,...

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