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Kalman Mizsei
Kalman Mizsei is UN Assistant Secretary General and UN Development Program Director for Europe and the CIS.
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Chernobyl’s Myths and Misconceptions
Kalman Mizsei and Louisa Vinton Series: Frontiers of Growth 2006-04-11The twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident of April 26, 1986 is prompting a new wave of alarmist claims about its impact on human health and the environment. As has become a ritual on such commemorative occasions, the death toll is tallied in the hundreds of thousands, and fresh reports are made of elevated rates of cancer, birth defects, and overall mortality. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 25737
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The Promise of Central Asia
Kalman Mizsei and Johannes F. Linn Series: Frontiers of Growth 2005-12-20Central Asia is frequently in the news these days – and most of the news seems to be bad. The casual reader, viewer, and listener has become acquainted with a region of landlocked and poor countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – that share a legacy of isolation, squandered natural resources, environmental degradation, and Soviet-era political systems. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 18284
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The EU's Next Frontier
Kalman Mizsei Series: European Economies 2004-06-07What is the expanded European Union to do with the neighbors now clamoring to join? Are they to be permanently excluded? What will it mean for the Union if it divides Europe into have and have not countries. Kalman Mizsei, UN Assistant Secretary General and UN Development Program Director for Europe and the CIS, dissects these questions. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 20249
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Hungary's Open Secret
Kalman Mizsei Series: The World in Words 1997-05-15BUDAPEST: Only a decade ago, with its "goulash socialism" Hungary seemed the most prosperous communist economy. After communism collapsed, Hungarian leaders, and the Hungarian people, thought that their less restricitve system offered big advantages over other communist countries in the race to reform. Where others had to rush, Hungarians thought they could change more slowly. Today, that illusion is tattered. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 2782
