China's poor: always with us?, Hu Xingdou
The second-generation poor stand in contrast to the second-generation rich. One group inherits their parents’ poverty, the other their wealth. Together they demonstrate the hard facts of the rich-poor divide and its permanence - the children of...
Russia: what judicial reform?, Mara Polyakova
There have been no major changes for the better in the Russian judicial system since the summer of 2008. This is clear from an analysis both of the way the courts operate and of trends in Russia's legislative policies. The country's new...
Afghanistan prepares for electoral run-off vote in November, Rukeyya Khan
A two-month long fraud investigation by the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has judged vote rigging in the Afghan elections held in August to be so extensive that it invalidates a first round victory for incumbent President Hamid...
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