Belarus

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus covers an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi), with a population of 9.4 million, and is the thirteenth-largest and the twentieth-most populous country in Europe. The country is administratively divided into seven regions, and is one of the world's most urbanized, with over 40% of its total land area forested. Minsk is the country's capital and largest city. Until …

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Amnesty International · 18 July 2024 English

Reacting to the Lithuanian parliament’s decision to withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director of Research in Europe, said: “The Lithuanian parliament’s decision …

hope as rights and judicial independence eroded Belarus/EU: New evidence of brutal violence from Belarusian


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

This publication provides an overview of off-site construction as part of the broader family of modern methods of construction, its advantages and shortcomings, and its application in the construction of …

reports on education for Colombia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Guyana, Jamaica, Romania, Macedonia various educational projects in Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Guyana, Kosovo, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan. His most recent projects are Belarus Education Moderniza- tion Project, the Tajikistan


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

This paper explores the potential correlations between financial development and state fragility, using a sample of 137 countries observed over the period from 1998–2019. The countries are grouped into clusters …

and several countries in Eastern Eu- rope (e.g., Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine) Nicaragua, Peru, Romania, Rwanda Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Congo - Kin- shasa, Ecuador, Iran, Islamic Bulgaria, Mex- ico, North Macedonia Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Arab rep., Guinea-Bissau, Cambodia, Lao Brazil, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, Mon- golia, Ukraine 3 Belarus, Indone- sia, Cambodia, Korea, Rep., Lao PDR, Tajikistan


ISET-PI: Iset Policy Institute · 17 July 2024 English

The appreciation of the GEL's real effective exchange rate is seen as a result of not just short-term cyclical factors but also significant structural shifts in the current account, particularly …

diminished, with reduced revenues from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine due to a base effect and migrant outflow the pandemic. The rise in visitors from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, which began with the onset of the


World Bank Group · 16 July 2024 English

In light of the emerging mega-trends and intricate challenges facing the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, this note presents a review of how neglecting to have a continued focus …

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CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 16 July 2024 English

Many in Moscow believe that the system of arms control created during the Cold War was advantageous to the West—and they want that to change.

Kyiv, Russia has stationed nuclear weapons in Belarus, withdrawn from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test under way. Russia has moved nuclear weapons to Belarus, and the United States is scouting for sites for


IEA: International Energy Agency · 16 July 2024 English

Natural gas markets moved to more pronounced growth in the first half of 2024, with initial estimates indicating that global gas demand increased at a rate well above its historical …

exports to Europe Piped exports to Central Asia and Belarus LNG exports Deliveries to the domestic market Y-o-y


World Bank Group · 16 July 2024 English

Climate change is among the most significant social, economic, and environmental threats. Achieving even modest climate targets will depend on local-to-global coordination on costly and far-reaching policies. This research program …

client countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia


RAND Corporation · 16 July 2024 English

The research in this report fills a gap in analysis on what the future could hold for the Russian government's ability to recruit and retain a professional military force in …

advance.12 The units that were forward deployed to Belarus and to western Russia reported that they spent


World Bank Group · 16 July 2024 English

several operations -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire AF2 several operations -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire AF2


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