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Poverty and Inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS Transition Economies

Simai, Mihaly - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2006

This paper deals with the causes and consequences of inequality and poverty in the countries east of the new frontiers … of the European Union, mainly with the CIS countries. Poverty and inequalities in the former socialist countries were … of income and wealth. The new structural sources of poverty and inequalities have often been more extreme. Some CIS …

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A Destination Vat for CIS Trade

Baer, Katherine - 2006

In all of the new countries formed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, other than the Baltics, the value-added taxes (VATs) adopted were quot;hybridquot; VATs that treat CIS trade differently from trade with the rest of the world. This paper inquires whether this is appropriate. The paper...

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The Two Faces of U.S. Trade Policy : Advocating Free Trade While Practicing Protectionism with Emphasis on Applying Antidumping Laws Against Republics of the Former Soviet Union (C...

McGee, Robert W. - 2004

President George W. Bush ran on a platform of free trade during the 2000 election. Yet shortly after he took office he started engaging in protectionist trade practices. The 30 percent tariffs imposed on steel and Canadian lumber were only two of the most noticeable examples of practicing...

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