29 November 2001 GENEVA, 29 November (BNS/AFP)–Nearly 18 million youngsters live in poverty in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) 10 years after the shift from communist to market-led economies, AFP reported on 29 November, citing a new UN report. Rising numbers of children are ending up being cared for in institutions as families […]

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