Projects and Initiatives

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Beautiful Bulgaria

A nation challenged The first decade of Bulgaria’s transition to a market economy was marked by political, social and economic turmoil. The economy effectively collapsed in 1996 under massive inflation and a failed banking system, and the unemployment rate reached 16.9 percent. The Beautiful Bulga more

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Kyrgyzstan: Protecting the privacy and dignity of people living with HIV and AIDS

By Larisa Bashmakova and Jyldyz Kuvatova Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – When he learned that he had acquired HIV from injecting drugs, 35-year-old Mirlan (not his real name) sought help from the Regional AIDS Prevention Centre in Jalalabad, Kyrgyzstan. One day in 2005, television reporters showed up with a r more

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Local Governance in Cambodia

A nation in need of reconstruction Few countries have faced such monumental challenges as Cambodia following the Khmer Rouge regime. Shattered infrastructure, hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and limited subnational governance capacity remained barriers to stability long after the 1993 el more

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