This report recommends ways to combine regional and national strategies for containing the spread of HIV/AIDS, especially among key populations at higher risk of HIV exposure. It summarizes the assessments of the HIV/AIDS situations in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, particularly along transport corridors connecting these two countries with each other and with neighboring states. And it concludes ...

The report assesses Azerbaijan’s financial sector and explores priority areas for reforms. Despite recent rapid development, the economy’s relatively large size, and rising income levels, the financial sector is not mobilizing savings or financing investment as much as it could. In banking, which dominates finance, efficiency can be further increased. Nonbanking financial services are undergoing ...