encompass a very broad agenda, but in Poland's case such a challenge boils down to the objective of reducing the convergence … productivity and competitiveness. The Poland Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is the first ICA piloted in the World Bank …. The Poland ICA provides benchmark data to assess firm-level performance in other countries in the Europe and Central Asia …

's generally high living standards and overall level of development, there are families in Slovakia whose living conditions are …

practices in the Slovak Republic. Slovakia has already upgraded its legislation to meet European Union (EU) Directives. The … benchmark against which to measure corporate governance in Slovakia. …

An International Monetary Fund-World Bank team assessed Slovakia's financial sector in the context of the Financial … financial sector. This report gives an overall assessment of the financial sector in Slovakia. The report gives an updated …-bank financial institutions, pension funds, capital markets and the financial infrastructure of Slovakia. The report also discusses …

qualitative information, collected through field visits in Eastern Slovakia and through interviews with key stakeholders from the … a distant goal for Slovakia. The remainder of this report provides an overview of the assessment of the situation in … in Eastern Slovakia held school segregation as illegal. More of such cases may emerge, especially in light of the 2007 …

of the existing rules and practices in Slovakia compared to the draft practices; and (3) provide recommendations on ways … to improve consumer protection in financial services in Slovakia. The Technical Note wasprepared at the request of the … Slovak Ministry of Finance, with the valuable support of the National Bank of Slovakia and other government agencies …

A joint IMF-World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) mission visited Slovakia from February 14-March 1 … Financial System. This work was seen as being of particular importance in light of Slovakia's eventual accession to the European …

The budget projections for 2008 - 2010 in Slovakia's latest Convergence Program envision the deficit continuing to …