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A study in contradictions: African democracy

"Support for Democracy Seen Falling in Africa" is the Washington Post headline – a stronger version of Afrobarometer's own headline of "African Democracy Faces Continuing Challenges", describing the results of its latest 18-country survey. "A Study in Contradictions" would be a more apt title. ...

SMEs in Russia

Yesterday the Russian government discussed the SME situation in Russia - see Komsomolskaya Pravda article (in Russian). Prime Minister Fradkov acknowledged that the government does not provide adequate support to SMEs even though "successful small business development is essential for the country's ...

An Unlikely Advocate for Free Markets in Africa?

It seems that these days everyone is ready to voice their opinion on what's going on with poverty reduction efforts in Africa, with viewpoints fluctuating between the extremes of doubling or tripling or any other "ing" aid and abandoning aid altogether in favor of purely market solutions to povert...

New Strategy Towards Russia

Who is to decide where Russia’s democracy and economy are heading? Certainly not the foreigners, according to Russian public officials and political experts, reports the Moscow Times: Russians now expect the West not to meddle in their internal politics and in their relations with former Soviet re...

Russians and Americans Agree on Economy

On one thing Russians and Americans agree - that economic situation in the United States is positive and it is not so good in Russia. Reports Interfax: Seventy-three percent of Russian interviewed as part of a poll conducted by the Yuri Lavada Analytic Center and the World Public Opinion.org (join...

Staffing Challenges in NGOs

Aceh Diary at the World Bank's PSD Blog takes a closer look at the staffing challenge in reconstruction/rebuilding efforts. In the spirit of being responsible, supporting local employment, and not overspending on foreign experts, NGOs are looking for locals. But ...the qualified locals—and I d...

On the Road With Ramazan

Ramazan Jumazada is CIPE Afghanistan's program manager for its USAID-funded business association network development project. In addition to his daily work to build the capacity of the Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce, he is also responsible for overseeing elements of the project th...

Rising Crime Rate in Karachi Metropolis

In Karachi which is the largest city of Pakistan with a population of 14 million (Pakistan's total population is 150 million) at least 210 people lost their lives, 2,188 people were robbed and 920 people became theft victims in the month of May. These crimes deprived citizens of goods worth millions...

Alan García: Back to the Past?

Today Alan García can be declared the virtual winner of the second round of the presidential elections in Peru. AFP reports that 91% of all votes have been counted and Alan García has consolidated his victory with a 7% lead over the nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala. Alan García will therefore...

Assessing Corruption Trends

What are the corruption trends in today's world? Is commercial bribery increasing or decreasing? Is it primarily supply-side or demand-side? Help TRACE answer these questions by taking their survey on corruption attitudes. The survey is available here in 10 different languages and should take...

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