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Gütersloh - 08/02/2010

Study: Trust in Germany's social market economy increases

The trust Germans place in the country's social market economy has risen once again. A study carried out by the Allensbach research institute on behalf of the Bertelsmann Stiftung reveals a reversal in the trend toward lower levels of trust, a decline that has ...

Gütersloh - 01/12/2009

Afghanistan's political and economic situation is also a disaster

Like the difficult military situation, current political and economic conditions in Afghanistan are also disastrous. The country's leaders cannot improve conditions there on their own, while trends in neighboring states are equally troubling. Those are the ...

Gütersloh - 29/11/2009

All over the world, the quality of democratic governance is declining

Although the number of formal democracies remains constant worldwide, in many cases their quality is showing a significant decline. This has had an adverse effect on core aspects of political participation, including elections as well as freedom of assembly and ...

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