Roma inclusion is increasingly on the agenda of governments and international institutions. Adequately defining who the Roma are and what is meant by inclusion are important steps with both practical and policy significance.
Using the example of the Prespa Lake basin, the article looks at the challenges facing municipal waste management in the transition and developing economies of Europe and Central Asia.
Contrary to popular beliefs a lack of funding has not been the biggest obstacle for motorway construction in the Czech Republic. What are the real issues?
In order to adapt to climate change, Central Asia must adopt measures to reduce the wasteful use of water and energy, and encourage more sustainable agricultural activities.
The expansion of renewable energy technologies for solar power, biomass, and small-scale hydro is central to improving Kyrgyzstan’s living standards and carbon profile.
A critical mass of consistent changes in policies, institutions, regulations, and incentives is needed to address long-term sustainability. What are some of the main elements of such a policy package?
This article looks at how ‘Europeanization’—the growing emphasis on trans-national approaches to Roma inclusion—has both helped and hindered efforts to integrate Europe’s largest transnational minority.
Although transition has expanded opportunities and rights for many people in Europe and Central Asia, the benefits of economic growth, political freedoms and social opportunities have not been equally distributed. Demographic and...