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Talk Eastern Europe 32: Addressing the challenge of climate change
After the European Commission announced its ambitious initiative of an EU New Green Deal, many questions remain, including to what extent members of Europe’s eastern ...
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Global Economic Prospects: Europe and Central Asia
Growth in the region decelerated to an estimated three-year low of 2% in 2019, reflecting a sharp slowdown in Turkey as a result of acute ...
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Asia’s central banks must rise to the challenge of climate change
Climate change is already a reality. The deadly bushfires in Australia, ferocious flooding in Indonesia and extended droughts in Vietnam have led to the destruction ...
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If coronavirus disrupts staple crop production the impact on food security could be grave
The novel coronavirus pneumonia (Covid-19) outbreak that began in Wuhan, in Hubei province, China has quickly spread to at least 75 other countries, causing more than 3,000 ...
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Infographics gives an easy overview on food security and nutrition in Kyrgyzstan
Every 15th person in Kyrgyzstan suffers from malnutrition, that is, the human diet contains insufficient amounts of nutrients or a person consumes excess amounts of ...