Central Asia

Central Asia is a region in Asia which stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It is also colloquially referred to as "the stans" as the countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan", meaning "land of". Various neighbouring areas are sometimes also considered part of the region. Central Asia has historically been closely tied …

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World Bank Group · 1 May 2024 English

This brief showcases the gender landscape in Cyprus on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes losses in wealth, …

18.8 2022 27.0 30.1 22.8 Note: The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region includes 58 countries (all income while the regional average across Europe and Central Asia is 86. Overall 94 Mobility 100 Workplace 100


U4: U4 Anti-corruption Resources Centre · 18 April 2024

The Russian full-scale invasion has disrupted all areas of life in Ukraine, including education in Corruption within secondary the forms of the destruction of many school buildings and the displacement …

1% • National Agency on Corruption Europe & Central Asia 5.0% Prevention (NACP): designs and World 4 2016. Global Corruption Barometer: Europe and Central Asia. OECD. 2017. OECD reviews of integrity in education: transparency.org/en/gcb/europe-and-central-asia/europe-central-asia-2016/results/ukr https://www.transparency transparency.org/en/gcb/europe-and-central-asia/europe-central-asia-2016/results/ukr https://www.transparency


UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 17 April 2024 English

It is important to note that of material in maps do not imply the expression transgender men and non-binary people also experience pregnancy, and that gender-diverse people experience of any …

54 71 50 65 6 8 82 74 68 Eastern Europe and Central Asia 21 19 25 98 0.15 46 64 36 49 8 11 67 84 74 Latin 79 91 81 87 1.02 66 1.06 Eastern Europe and Central Asia 18 10 – 9 70 89 91 81 98 1.00 84 0.99 Latin 22 16 23 68 10 1.9 72 77 Eastern Europe and Central Asia 250 71 23 15 21 66 11 2.1 72 79 Latin America two surveys in each country Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region and reconciling slight spelling differences


PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 17 April 2024 English

Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% by 2050 due to climate change. …

Global −75 −50 −25 0 25 North America Europe Central Asia/Russia −75 −50 −25 0 25 Percentage change in


HAI: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence · 16 April 2024 English

This, the seventh edition of the AI Index arrives at a moment when AI’s influence on society has never been more pronounced. This year, we have broadened our scope to …

Asia 0.68%, Rest of the world 2.33%, Europe and Central Asia 21.21%, North America 75.20%, East Asia and


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 15 April 2024 English

primary concern in this chapter will be Iran, though toward the end we will shift the focus to Central Asia. We can best begin with a first-order approximation of the pattern of Iranian history across the

though toward the end we will shift the focus to Central Asia.  We can best begin with a first-order approximation


The AI Index · 14 April 2024 English

Generally, the complexity trend has been especially pronounced in the last of the model and the size of the training dataset five years. [...] This research in Figure 1.3.10, in …

20% 21.21%, North America 2.33%, Europe and Central Asia 0.68%, Rest of the world 10% 0.23%, South Asia


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 12 April 2024 English

This brief calls for multilateral institutions to enhance their support for unilateral trade liberalization through bilateral negotiations and multilateral approval, with some emphasis on market opening for trade in goods.

East Asia and Pacific 9.1 29.2 20.1 Europe and Central Asia 6.3 6.9 0.6 Latin America and Caribbean 9.7 (EAEU), several countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia had to raise their MFN-applied tariff rates Selected Transition Economies in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Asian Development Bank Brief No. 215. Manila:


World Bank Group · 11 April 2024 English

Economic growth in the Western Balkans slowed to 2.6 percent in 2023, from the 3.4 percent reached in 2022, reflecting the impact of a weak European economy weighed down by …

Development EC European Commission ECA Europe and Central Asia EIB European Investment Bank EMDEs Emerging is lower than other countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) or in most of the world. These characteristics


GDP Center: BU: Global Development Policy Center · 11 April 2024 English

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