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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsCustomsCornerPublicationsSourcesof FinanceFinanceLinkLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | January 1999European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)The EBRD recently
published its Transition Report 1998.  The theme of this year's report is the financial sector in
transition.  The report provides a two-page assessment of each country in which the EBRD has
operations.  Each assessment includes time lines of important events in the transition process and
a data table indicating progress in several areas.  The report includes country-by-country tables
with key economic data as well.  For more information, visit the EBRD's web site at
www.ebrd.com/english/region/tranrep/ or contact the EBRD Publications Desk by telephone:
+44 (171) 338-7553, fax: +44 (171) 338-6102, or e-mail: [email protected].Eurasia FoundationEurasia Foundation recently launched the Synergy Program in
the Southern Caucasus to promote cross-border projects in regional business development,
media, electronic communications, and municipal governance in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia.  The program offers a forum to professional and technical organizations in the region to
pursue cooperation, with the ultimate goal of economic prosperity for these neighboring
countries.  For more information on the program, visit the foundation's web site at
www.eurasia.org or contact Michelle Maynard by telephone: (202) 234-7370, ext. 147, fax: (202)
234-7377, or e-mail: [email protected].This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)