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Making Markets (Not) Work for the Poor: Market Ideology and Development Assistance in the Republic of Georgia April 25, 2011 The "Making Markets Work for the Poor" project, funded by the Swedish International Development Agency and implemented by CARE International aimed to alleviate poverty in Racha by... Education, Research Support	Performance and Perceptions: Analyzing the Domestic Susceptibility to Shared Sovereignty Institutions in Kosovo (Research Brief) February 15, 2011 Establishing democratic institutions with the involvement of international actors has been accepted as a broadly common strategy, and yet both scholars and policy makers are aware of challenges... Education, Research Support
From the Finland Station to the Khyber Pass: The Soviet Union in Afghanistan, 1978-1988 (Research Brief) February 15, 2011 This project provides a critical history of the Soviet Union's relationship with Afghanistan and the broader Persianate world during the late 1970s and 1980s – an experience marked... Education, Research Support	Powerful Friends: Educational Corruption and Elite Creation in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina (Research Brief) January 10, 2011 This study analyzes a set of structural elements, procedures, and behaviors within Bosnia and Herzegovina's higher education that have jointly created an encouraging space for the increasing... Education, Research Support
Historical Reconciliation Models: Facing the Past in Post-Communist Bulgaria (Research Brief) December 20, 2010 In my research, I was interested in how Bulgaria, as a new democracy, absorbs the legacy of its former Communist regime. Education, Research Support	Entrepreneurs' Associations and Regional Government in Russia 1991-2010 (Research Brief) December 17, 2010 The project explores the social and political implications, at a regional and municipal level, of the emergence of small and medium-sized business (SME) owners as an organized interest group in... Education, Research Support
Access to Prenatal and Maternity Care among Romani Women in Serbia and Macedonia (Research Brief) November 30, 2010 Roma face widespread discrimination and social exclusion throughout Eastern Europe. This study examines the barriers to accessing prenatal and maternity care among Romani women in Serbia and... Education, Research Support, Gender	Narratives of Affiliation: EU Enlargement and National Sovereignty in Life Stories of Urban and Rural Poles (Research Brief) November 22, 2010 The research study explored the impacts of membership in the European Union on the everyday lives of urban and rural Poles. Education, Research Support
Alternative Food Networks and Livelihoods in the Baltic States (Research Brief) November 15, 2010 I am studying existing alternative food networks based in rural regions of Latvia and Lithuania, in particular by using qualitative and quantitative measures to study their emergence, structure... Education, Research Support	Relationships of Intensity and Impact: Archaeological Investigation of Nomadic-Sedentary Interaction in Bronze Age Turkmenistan (Research Brief) November 12, 2010 My project utilizes archaeological data from the Murghab Delta in southern Turkmenistan to examine mobile-sedentary interaction in the pivotal Bronze Age period, when independent groups of... Education, Research Support