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Lithuania has made significant legislative reforms to fight foreign bribery
Lithuania has taken significant steps to strengthen its legislative framework to combat foreign bribery. Yet further efforts are needed to ensure effective enforcement of...
Kazakhstan’s Economy is Rising, Yet Again Driven by Oil
Kazakhstan’s economic growth estimate for 2017 has been revised upwards from 2.4% to 3.7%, reflecting a better-than-expected oil sector performance, driven by the launch...
Cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Story of Urban Growth and Decline
The urbanization experience of countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia is quite unique, and for several reasons. To begin with, most of these...
Big data can have a ‘big impact’ on achievement of Global Goals
M astering and measuring 'big data' – to map poverty from space or use mobile phones to track food security – could boost...
The Operational Ranks and Roles of Female ISIS Operatives: From Assassins and Morality Police to Spies and Suicide Bombers
Authors: Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. B efore deploying sources to collect information on the roles and functions of women...
A global action plan on plastic packaging production, use and after-use
Over 40 industry leaders from the global plastics value chain have rallied behind a new plan to tackle plastics waste, which could increase recycling...
Spurred by patent and trademark applications in China, global innovation flies high
G lobal innovation is soaring as the 2015 edition of a United Nations agency on intellectual property report reveals that 2.9 million patent...