The report provides a nationally representative assessment of the scale and prevalence of violence against children (VAC) in the home, schools, institutions and communities. With focus on specific environments, the analysis examines prevention and response measures undertaken by different stakeholders to protect children from violence.

The main aim of the paper is to assess the existence and the influence of competition of jurisdictions (considers institutions and tax policy) for the FDI inflow in CEE countries and their differences with EU countries.

In the first part of the work, through the philosophical approach, the development of the monetary policy of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus is considered, including the analysis of the possibilities of transition to the inflation targeting regime, taking into account the study of the narrative approach. In the second part of the study, the authors consider the fintech market of the country, the formation of which was made possible largely due to the developed IT sector.

Extending the taxonomy of Belarusian Hidden Champions, the chapter discusses the context in which Belarusian Hidden Champions evolved and adapted their business models to rapidly changing global environment.

In this brief, we report on the FREE network webinar on the state of vaccinations and the challenges ahead for opening up economies while containing the pandemic, held on June 22, 2021.

The paper evaluates the circular economy development potential in Belarus.