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- IRAN AND THE SCO: A MATCH MADE IN DUSHANBE OR IN MOSCOW? (By Stephen Blank, 03/04/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst).
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Speaking in Dushanbe on March 24, Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki announced that Iran had formally applied for membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The occasion for this announcement was interesting because it was made in Dushanbe, not in Teheran.
http://www.cagateway.org/…ownloads/iran-and-sco.pdf - IMPLICATIONS OF PETROL PRICE INCREASE IN TURKMENISTAN, By Chemen Durdiyeva (02/20/2008 issue of the CACI Analyst).
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The article is about petrol price shake -up in Turkmenistan that promptly caught the population's attention and caused a nationwide panic among car drivers.
downloads/implications-of…rease-in-turkmenistan.pdf - Information Economy Report 2007-2008. Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT
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UNCTAD’s Information Economy Report 2007-2008. Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT analyses the current – and potential – contribution of ICT to knowledge creation and diffusion. It looks at how developing countries use technology to generate innovations that improve livelihoods of the poor and support enterprise competitiveness. And it examines the impact of ICTs on productivity and growth, international trade and employment in developing countries.
http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/sdteecb20071_en.pdf - Information bulletin "Central Asia: development of communications and ICT"
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This bulletin prepared by the Central Asian Gateway project's team, is devoted to the development of communications and ICT in Central Asia. Published: December, 2007.
http://www.cagateway.org/…_of_cag_december_2007.pdf - Investment Guide to Uzbekistan 2007
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The Investment Guide is produced within joint UNDP and Ministry of foreign economic relations, investments and trade “Support to External Economic Policy“ project and intended for first-time investors who need basic information on Uzbek society, government, economic performance, locational advantages as well as on the legal and regulatory framework governing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The Guide has been reviewed by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The publication is the first output of the project in a series intended to facilitate FDI. Published: 01.12.07.
http://www.undp.uz/en/pub…ons/publication.php?id=89 - Introduction to theory and practice of gender relations
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A book “Introduction to theory and practice of gender relations” includes articles on theory and methodology of gender studies in various scientific directions: economy, education, rights, history, politics and culture. The book was prepared and published in cooperation of UNDP Country Office in Uzbekistan and Gender Programme of Swiss Embassy in Uzbekistan.
http://www.undp.uz/downlo…d=75&parent=1851&doc=7547 - IMF Executive Board Concludes 2007 Article IV Consultation with the Republic of Kazakhstan
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This document is the IMF's Public Information Notice that forms part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's view and analysis of economic development and policies in Kazakhstan.
http://www.imf.org/extern…np/sec/pn/2007/pn0777.htm - India’s growing influence in Central Asia: implications for Pakistan
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This paper assesses India’s foreign policy goals in Central Asia, and its possible impacts on Indo-Pakistani relations. The paper looks at the relations fostered between India and each of the five Central Asian republics, and highlights the strategic bilateral initiatives which have developed recently. Author: A. Afzal. Published by Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2003.
http://www.issi.org.pk/jo…files/no_3/article/7a.htm - IMF Research Bulletin for June 2007
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This document is the research bulletin for June, prepared by the International Monetary Fund. It resumes the key oil market developments as well as those in the global economy to date.
http://www.imf.org/extern…bs/ft/wp/2007/wp07121.pdf - Interactive Access to the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)
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This web page provides access to data and graphical tools designed to provide a "snapshot" of governance performance for individual countries or groups of countries. The underlying data cover six dimensions of governance for 213 countries between 1996 and 2005, are described more fully in "Governance Matters V: Governance Indicators for 1996-2005" (September 2006).
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/kkz2005 - ITU Internet Report 2006: digital.life report
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ITU Internet Report 2006: digital.life is the eighth in the series of "ITU Internet Reports" originally launched in 1997 by the International Telecommunication Union. Written by a team of analysts from ITU's Strategy & Policy Unit (SPU), this eight edition of the ITU Internet Reports, entitled "digital.life", focuses on consumers and looks at how human lives are being continuously shaped and re-shaped by advances in digital technologies.
http://www.itu.int/osg/sp…docs/digital-life-web.pdf - Informality and Regulations: What Drives Firm Growth?
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In this paper, the relationship between informality, firm growth, and policy obstacles using an integrated firm-level data set for 27 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is examined. Published by the IMF.
http://www.imf.org/extern…bs/ft/wp/2007/wp07112.pdf - Issues of National Statehood in Central Asia
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This article elaborates and analyzes the issues of national statehood in Central Asia, as well as its historical roots. Author: Muratbek Imanaliev. Published by the Institute of Public Policy.
http://ipp.kg/en/analysis/469/ - Issues of state policy planning to raise the efficiency of socio-economic development of small cities of Kazakhstan
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This document is a research study that aimed to analyze the state policy in the sphere of socio-economic development of small cities of Kazakhstan and to deliver recommendations to raise the efficiency level of elaborated development programmes.
http://www.cagateway.org/…ads/small_town_report.pdf - Information and Communications Technologies Sector in Uzbekistan
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This document is the report that envisages the development of the ICT sector in Uzbekistan. Author: Jahangir Kakharov. Published by Bisnis in December 2006.
http://www.bisnis.doc.gov…sdoc/0612UZ_IT_Sector.htm - Intergration process in Central Asia
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This document reviews the efforts of the Central Asian states to foster integration processes in the region. Author: Gubaydullina M., Department of international relations, Kazakh National University.
http://www.cagateway.org/…ads/integration-of-ca.pdf - Information Economy Report 2006
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The Report is intended to support the efforts of developing countries to overcome
the challenges they face as they strive to narrow the digital divide and to enable their enterprises to become more competitive through the adoption of ICTs and e-business. To do so, the Report analyses the specific policy challenges facing developing countries, proposes possible means to address them and identifies and disseminates existing international best practice. Published by the UNCTAD in November, 2006.
http://www.unctad.org/Tem…576&lang=1&intItemID=3991 - Institutional Aspects of Cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and the European Union: Unlearned Lessons
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This document is an article, which discusses the prospects of mutual cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the necessary steps the Republic of Kyrgyzstan shall undertake in order to build an effective partnership with the EU. Author: Joomart Ormonbekov. Published in January, 2007 by the Institute for Public Policy.
http://ipp.kg/en/analysis/373-23-01-2007 - International trade and gender wage discrimination: evidence from East Asia
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This document is a research paper of the International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics, which contemplates gender wage discrimination practices in East Asia. Authors: Berik, G.; Rodgers, Y.v.; Zveglich, J.E. Published in November 2006.
http://www.econ.utah.edu/genmac/WP/06-10.pdf - Improving women's lives: World Bank actions since Beijing
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This report describes the World Bank's (WB) role in the international effort to promote gender equality and empower women. Author: World Bank Gender and Development Group. Published by the World Bank in 2006.
http://siteresources.worl…urces/Beijing10Report.pdf
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