Despite Russia's strong economic growth, over 14 percent of its population, more than 20 million people, still live in poverty. In 2008, the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) provided a grant of US$1.98 million to help make the justice system in Russia more accessible and accountable to the poorest and most vulnerable groups in two regions of the country, Leningrad Oblast and Perm Krai. The grant was strongly supported by the Embassy of Japan and...
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Russia - Strengthening access to justice : a JSDF grant to empower vulnerable groups
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Mukherjee, Amit; Poznanskaya,Ljudmilla V.; Rosha,Anjum; Schwartz,Olga Albertovna.
Russia - Strengthening access to justice : a JSDF grant to empower vulnerable groups (English). Europe and Central Asia knowledge brief ; Vol. 62 Washington DC : World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/588601468325257522