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People

Population	87.89 mln
Population growth	2%
Life expectancy	72 years
Net migration	-900,000

Economy

GDP	$144.06 bln
- per capita	$1,639
- growth rate	7%
FDI, net inflows	$2.93 bln

Infrastructure

Cellphone users	59%
Internet users	6%
High-tech exports	54%

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Enhancing the Lives of Older Refugees

sswahs.nsw.gov.au –

This resource aims to raise awareness, provide guidance, information and resources for aged care workers when working with older people from a refugee or refugee-like background. This resource promotes trust, access and equity and social justice. These values are very important for working with older refugees and are based on international, national and state service policies, plans and legislation.

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Sonia Hossain on May 09, 2012

Young people and recession. A lost generation?

cepr.org –

This article reviews the effects of the Great Recession on youth labor markets. The authors argue that young people aged 16-24 continue to suffer suffered disproportionately. Using the USA and UK as case studies, they analyze youth unemployment using micro-data. The authors argue that there is convincing evidence that the young are particularly susceptible to the negative effects of spells of unemployment well after their initial experience of worklessness. Because the current youth cohort is more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 26, 2012

World Credit Union Conference 2012

letsgdansk2012.org –

July 15 -18, 2012, at Polish Baltic Philharmonic Hall in Gdansk, PolandThe World Credit Union Conference continues to be a much-anticipated event, bringing together credit union leaders and decision makers from the largest credit unions around the globe for four exciting days of networking and educational sessions.The 2012 World Credit Union Conference is expected to draw more than 1,200 credit union decision-makers from more than 50 countries.

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D C on March 12, 2012

Key Data on Education in Europe 2012

eacea.ec.europa.eu –

Key Data on Education in Europe makes a valuable contribution to the debate on education policy at both European and national level and helps to monitor progress on the strategic framework. Based on data collected through the Eurydice network, Eurostat and the PISA international survey, the report provides standardized and readily comparable quantitative and qualitative indicators which offer a wide-ranging overview of the organization and functioning of European education systems. It examines more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 28, 2012

Mortality Related to Drug Use in Europe

ofdt.fr –

Drug use can cause death directly by toxicity, either acute (e.g. overdoses) or chronic (e.g. cirrhoses or cardiovascular diseases), or by a variety of indirect effects. This Selected issue focuses on mortality among drug users due to all causes, of which drug-induced deaths is only a component, albeit the one most well-documented. The publication begins with an introduction to mortality cohort studies and then reviews the findings on overall mortality rates in Europe. In the following more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 08, 2012

Migrants in an irregular situation employed in domestic work

statewatch.org –

The report explores, through fieldwork, the situation of domestic work in 10 EU Member States, namely Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden. These countries were selected to cover a cross-section of EU geographic regions, and welfare systems and provisions regulating the domestic work sector and the rights of this group. This report concentrates on five fundamental rights areas which emerged as the most relevant for migrant domestic workers in an more...

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Sonia Hossain on December 27, 2011

Their Protection is in Our Hands

thebodyshop.com –

This report constitutes the first step of the global advocacy strategy through the compilation of specific baseline information and assessment of progress achieved by States in ensuring the protection of children from sex trafficking. The report provides an overview of the trends and manifestations of child sex trafficking across regions and the various combinations of factors putting children at risk of falling prey to the traffickers. It also examines the types of interventions and good more...

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Sonia Hossain on January 24, 2012

Mortality Amenable to Health Care in 31 OECD Countries

oecd-ilibrary.org –

This study assesses the potential of the concept of “mortality amenable to health care” as an indicator of outcome for health care systems. It presents estimates of the mortality amenable to health care in 31 OECD countries for the period 1997-2007. It measures the sensitivity of this indicator to the list of death causes considered to be “amenable to care” by comparing results obtained from two leading lists. It then presents the advantages of this indicator over indicators of general more...

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Sonia Hossain on December 21, 2011

Aid Transparency in the Visegrád Countries

rozvojovka.cz –

The lack of information about aid is hindering the ability of aid to deliver on its potential. Without timely, comprehensive, comparable and accessible information, donors cannot coordinate their activities to use their scarce resources most effectively. This paper discusses the current levels of aid transparency in the Visegrád countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. It considers the current levels of aid transparency, comparing the four countries in the region, and more...

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Sonia Hossain on December 01, 2011

Beyond Transition: Towards Inclusive Societies

hdr.undp.org –

The report looks at the vicious cycle of poverty from the perspective of those who experience it firsthand. The report presents findings from surveys in six countries and provides an overview of social exclusion in the region and recommended actions. The report also introduces a way to measure the extent to which people are excluded from economic life, social services, and social networks and civic participation.

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Sonia Hossain on August 28, 2011

Growing a Better Future: Food justice in a resource-constrained world

policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk –

The global food system works only for the few – for most of us it is broken. It leaves the billions of us who consume food lacking sufficient power and knowledge about what we buy and eat and the majority of small food producers disempowered and unable to fulfil their productive potential. The failure of the system flows from failures of government – failures to regulate, to correct, to protect, to resist, to invest – which mean that companies, interest groups, and elites are able to plunder more...

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D C on September 05, 2011

Disourse on prostitution and human trafficking

lastradainternational.org –

This study focuses on the themes of sex work, sex tourism and human trafficking in the UEFA EURO 2012 host countries, Poland and Ukraine. The study expressly aims to help prevent sensationalist media reporting that might lead to a deterioration of the working and living conditions of sex workers. It also opposes the portrayal of UEFA EURO 2012 as a cause of violations of women’s rights, such as abduction, trafficking and rape.

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Sonia Hossain on January 25, 2012

Report on Progress on Equality between Women and Men in 2010

This eighth report on equality between men and women describes developments towards gender equality in the European Union in 2010. Last year was a significant year for the European Commission’s work of advancing gender equality. They adopted a Women’s Charter on 5 March 2010 and by doing so, committed to strengthening gender equality in all our policies. They have also adopted the Strategy for Equality between Women and Men (2010-2015) on 21 September which is an action plan to promote gender more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 15, 2012

The Long Reach of Early Childhood Poverty

stanford.edu –

Emerging research in neuroscience and developmental psychology suggests that poverty early in a child’s life may be particularly harmful because the astonishingly rapid development of young children’s brains leaves them sensitive (and vulnerable) to environmental conditions.After a brief review of possible mechanisms and the highest quality evidence linking poverty to negative childhood outcomes, this paper highlights emerging research linking poverty occurring as early as the prenatal year to more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 16, 2011

More optimism in the Ukrainian IT market in 2011

pmrcorporate.com –

IT product and service sales in Ukraine stabilised and even began to grow in 2010. In interviews and opinions expressed publicly, company managers have become more optimistic and confident in sales growth in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, the Ukrainian IT market http://www.ceeitandtelecom.com/ is expected to recover growth. The Euro 2012 football championship, industrial cooperation projects with Russia and the recovery of banking financing are expected to help drive economic recovery and, as a more...

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Justyna Król on August 12, 2011

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