With an average score of just 36 out of 100, Eastern Europe and Central Asia is the second lowest performing region in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). In Central Asia, many political leaders ...

In 2021, Eastern Europe and Central Asia demonstrates the vicious cycle of increasing authoritarianism, human rights abuses and corruption. Political leaders used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to ...

WASHINGTON, October 5, 2021 – A surprisingly strong rebound in the first half of this year boosted economic activity in emerging and developing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region, with ...