Monthly Report No. 8-9/2006

Poland's competitive position in the enlarged EU (by Leon Podkaminer, pp. 1-8) Countries covered Poland Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy; International Trade and Competitiveness Ownership structure and development of Russian firms (by Andrei Kuznetsov and Rostislav Kapelyushnikov, pp. 9-12) Countries covered Russia Topics Industry Building walls a note on immigration (by Vladimir Gligorov, pp. 13-19) Countries covered non-specific Topics Labour and Migration; Economic Integration Selected monthly data on the economic situation in ten transition countries, 2005-2006 (pp. 21-31) Countries covered Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine Guide to wiiw statistical services on Central, East and Southeast Europe, Russia and Ukraine (p. 32)