on-line publication: Local Government Brief (LGB) on Poverty in E astern Europe

[anna balint]

From: Petra Kovacs <kovacsp at osi.hu>
LGI is pleased to announce that the latest issue of its quarterly policy
journal the Local Government Brief (LGB) is available on-line at
http://lgi.osi.hu/publications/2002/103/brief.pdf

This issue covers various policy challanges (and possible responses)
specific to poverty in Eastern Europe. Case studies and recent data
highlight specific issues like regional differences in welfare, impact of
corruption on the poor, correlations between poverty and ethnicity and
more...

Articles are contributed by Dena Ringold (World Bank), George Shakarishvili
(World Vision), Roger Nord (IMF), Fintan Farrell (European Anti Poverty
Network),  Michael Stewart (University College London), Bill Miller (Univ of
Glasgow), Ivan Szelenyi (Yale University),  Lilit Melikyan (Poverty
Reduction Strategy Program, Armenia), Burul Usmanalieva (American University
in Kyrgistan), Djordje Blazic (Deputy Minister of Justice, Montenegro) and
many others

To order hard copies: please contact Ms. Marietta Kleineisel at
mkleineisel at osi.hu