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This report seeks to review the regional cooperation efforts in the water and energy sectors pursued by the Central Asian Republics during the 1990s in the Syr Darya river basin, identify the reasons for the problems encountered, and suggest an approach to make the cooperation more reliable, sustainable and equitably

The International Workshop on Institutional Changes in Forest Management in Countries with Transition Economies took place on February 25, 2003, in Moscow, Russia. Approximately 100 participants representing eight ministries of the Russian Government and 16 regions of Russia, 18 countries with transition economies, the World Bank, the private sector, research

This report was produced in an attempt to synthesize the common features of the most successful and competitive models in the cotton sector worldwide so they could be presented for consideration to the Governments of cotton growing countries which are concerned with their competitive position in the global cotton market.

Irrigation agriculture is critical to livelihoods in the republics of Central Asia, where it accounts for around 90% of crop production. However, in all of the Central Asian republics the vast network of irrigation and drainage (I&D) systems built during the 1960s-1980s has fallen into decay since the demise of

The energy system of Central Asian countries with a high degree of deterioration inherited from the Soviet Union requires a huge modernization of infrastructure. It should be noted that the population growth and rapid economic development of countries, which in turn in the short term will affect the growth of

The acquisition of independence by the Kyrgyz Republic not only qualitatively changed its status in the world, but also imposed certain obligations arising from this status. The main objective of the project is to develop mechanisms of interdepartmental and inter-sectoral interaction in the framework of optimizing the processes of implementation

The study is part of a regional project on capacity-Building and development of a strategic framework to support low-carbon development in Central Asia, which is being implemented by the United Nations environment Programme (UNEP) and funded by the government of the Republic of Korea. The regional study was developed by

Linking higher education finance and policy, referred to as strategic financing, is increasing in popularity throughout Central Europe and the Baltic Countries. Strategic financing essentially implies that public funding mechanisms are informed by and aligned with specific higher education policy objectives. Governments are asking how the funding strategy can be