EBRD
www.ebrd.org/ Description:
The EBRD seeks to help its 26 countries of operations to implement structural and sectoral economic reforms, promoting competition, privatisation and entrepreneurship, taking into account the particular needs of countries at different stages of transition. Through its investments it promotes private sector activity, the strengthening of financial institutions and legal systems, and the development of the infrastructure needed to support the private sector.[Back to top] European Anti Poverty Network
www.eapn.org/ Description:
EAPN is an independent coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and groups involved in the fight against poverty and social exclusion in the Member States of the European Union. The organisation represents more than 1,200 grassroots and umbrella organisations at national level and 25 European-wide organisations at European level, such as ATD Fourth World, Emmaus International, Save the Children, etc.[Back to top] Georgia: Participation in the the Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth Program
www.curatio.com/pregp/ Description:
The aim of this web site is to contribute to more effective participation of stakeholders in the preparation of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth Program (PREGP) in Georgia. Specifically, the web site was designed to improve the quality of communication providing equal opportunities and convenient access to all stakeholders to exchange their opinion and share the information on current or upcoming events.[Back to top] Human Development Network
www.dialog.kg/English/index.php?poverty Description:
This new UNDP-sponsored project in Kyrgyzstan calls for the creation of a series of on-line communities addressing issues of poverty, regional development, information, partnerships, and monitoring. The project is directly tied to development of two new major national strategies: the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF), and the Poverty Reduction Strategy.[Back to top] Inequality Around the World
www.worldbank.org/research/transition/index.htm Source: The World Bank
Description:
Unprecedented declines in real incomes and increases in inequality in economies undergoing transition from Communism to market, have pushed many people into poverty. This web site focuses on:
Inequality: causes of increased inequality, and why did it increase much more in some countries.
Poverty: types of poverty (transitory or not) and characteristics which make people more likely to become, and to stay, poor.
Social policy: how it functions and what improvements can be introduced to better target social assistance, and to make social insurance systems (e.g. pensions) sustainable. [Back to top] Poverty during the Transition
www.worldbank.org/research/inequality/index.htm Source: The World Bank
Description:
Unprecedented declines in real incomes and increases in inequality in economies undergoing transition from Communism to market, have pushed many people into poverty. This web site focuses on:
Inequality: causes of increased inequality, and why did it increase much more in some countries.
Poverty: types of poverty (transitory or not) and characteristics which make people more likely to become, and to stay, poor.
Social policy: how it functions and what improvements can be introduced to better target social assistance, and to make social insurance systems (e.g. pensions) sustainable. Related Sites:HEIDE The HEIDE database of household expenditure and income data from recent surveys in both Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.[Back to top] Prizma
www.prizma.ba/ Description:
Prizma's mission is to improve the well being of low-income women and their families by providing long term access to quality financial and non-financial services[Back to top] UNDP: Poverty in Ukraine
www.un.kiev.ua:8080/undp/poverty.php3 Source: United Nations Development Programme
Description:
In Ukraine, as a country in transition, the everyday lives of many ordinary people have been suddenly disrupted by a near complete overhaul of society and economy in the past decade.[Back to top] World Bank Europe and Central Asia country offices
lnweb18.worldbank.org/eca/eca.nsf/G ... CCEB4885256BB9007392E9?OpenDocument Source: The World Bank
Description:
List of World Bank Country Offices web sites. [Back to top]
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