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Is Regional Policy Effective in the Long Run? Learning from Soviet History
Regional inequality has been a pressing issue in many countries, and also between the countries of the European Union. …
Read policy briefWho Needs a Safety Net?
One definition of safety net found on the internet is the following: “a net placed to catch an acrobat or similar perfor…
Read policy briefThe Distributional Impact of Austerity Measures in Latvia
For a country of its size, Latvia was mentioned in the last decade’s macroeconomic discourse remarkably often: first, fo…
Read policy briefCan the Baby- and Woman-Friendly Maternity Wards Save Lives?
Improving the health and well-being of mothers, infants and children has been an important public-health goal for many c…
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