 
The focus of this issue is the socio-economic dimensions of the global economic crisis in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
State reform in Europe and the CIS amid a global crisis
This issue explores the links between food prices and global economic trends on the one hand, and poverty reduction and sustainable rural development on the other.
This issue analyses the challenges posed by climate change for the Europe and CIS region.
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Twenty Years of Transition and Human Development
 Twenty Years of Transition and Human DevelopmentThe euphoria of 1989 has succumbed to more varied assessments of progress made since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Structural divergence in economies in transitionThe countries of the region are much more heterogeneous than they were 20 years ago.
How the crisis will impact human developmentAs GDP falls during the economic crisis, what are the effects on human development in the region?
Democracy promotion and protection in theory and practiceWhy democracy promotion will remain ‘a difficult and paradoxical activity’.
Human development and governance: an empirical analysisGood governance is positively correlated with human development in transition countries.
Overheated: two decades of energy transition in the former Soviet UnionSigns of transition to sustainable, low-carbon energy use in the former USSR are minimal.
Twenty years of transition and human development: an appraisalThe record in transition countries has been weak relative to some other parts of the world.
Internalizing the human development paradigm: reflections of a witnessHistorical and linguistic legacies pose barriers to the broad acceptance of the human development paradigm.
From the people: what survey questionnaires reveal about the transitionWhat the New Europe Barometer surveys reveal about the transition.
Obstacles and opportunities for civil society development in the South CaucasusGreater assistance for NGOs will not resolve problems of weak civil societies in the South Caucasus.
Volunteerism: helping one another through the transitionVolunteering has made important contributions to civil society development in the region.
Uneven progress: political transition in Europe and Central AsiaSome states have made progress on the road to ‘normality’; others seem barely to have started out.
Assessing human development in Ukraine's regionsHow the statistical authorities in Ukraine have disaggregated UNDP’s human development index across the country
Understanding Russia’s demographic challengeWhat are the human development consequences of Russia’s shrinking population?
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