Central Asian countries are examined pre- and postindependence to identify the impact of economic and financial development policies. The theoretical background to financial flows and the relation between the development of the financial system and economic growth in transition economies is...

Caracal (Caracal caracal) and leopard (Panthera pardus) are perennial problems for sheep farmers on the southern fringe of South Africa’s arid Karoo. In the past, farmers responded to the conflict with blanket culling of predators, a strategy that ecologists understand to be harmful. This...