The reform process of the National Bank of Romania has started sixteen years ago since the communist regime was eliminated. The perspectives of Romania's EU accession enforced this process and the NBR accounted performances in targeting its objectives. In this study we underline the challenges...

This paper analyses the impact of increases in the price of two primary products - coffee and cocoa - on the growth of the national and regional economies in Brazil. It aims at explaining the factors that have determined salutary effects in the coffee region and negligible effects in the cocoa...