The World Bank released a report in September highlighting the increasing rate of HIV infection in Central and Eastern Europe, and warned that if governments there do not do more to deal with the problem, it could turn into a catastrophe for that part of the world.
The World Bank estimates that 1.2 million people in […]
In September, Russia enacted its first restriction on abortion in almost 50 years.
The new law limits the circumstances under which women can have an abortion between the 12th and 22nd week of gestation. Prior the law, there were a wide variety of circumstances under which women could legitimately seek abortions during that period, but now […]
The World Health Organization recently released a report on the state of tuberculosis in the world and called on donor nations to provide funds to distribute and monitor the administration of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the developing world.
The WHO’s basic conclusion is that the tuberculosis situation is declining fueled by the twin killers of AIDS and […]
Corruption is a major problem facing developing countries and a couple of recent reports suggest that Russia may lead the world in the bribery business.
This month Transparency International reported that companies in Russia are more likely to pay bribes to officials than in any other emerging market country in the world. That report was followed […]
A recent conference on the status of the Caspian Sea area highlighted the ongoing lack of development due to corruption and a lack of any stable structure determining who has development rights over the area.
Prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, control of the Caspian Sea was divided between Iran and the USSR. Currently […]