After the fall of the Iron Curtain, people across the former socialist world saw their lives transformed. In just a few years, labor markets were completely disrupted, and the meanings attached to work were drastically altered. How did people who found themselves living under state socialism one...

1989/90 ging von den Gesellschaften östlich des Eisernen Vorhangs ein großer Freiheitsimpuls aus. Doch der brachte dort den Verlust von Arbeitsplätzen, sozialer Sicherheit und politischen Gewissheiten. Die jüngste Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas ist voller Brüche, Neuanfänge und Umwälzungen....

The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts periodic reviews of the individual development co-operation efforts of DAC members. The policies and programmes of each member are critically examined approximately once every five years. DAC peer reviews assess the performance of a given...