The end of the cold war has created a new and unprecedented type of mixed economy in Eastern Europe. This innovative up-to-date book questions whether the former Eastern block countries will follow the path of West European mixed economies, or if a quite different economic system will emerge....

This volume collects selected papers on the European Union from the 13th Congress of the International Economic Association held in Lisbon, September 2002. It starts with an address by Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, who sets the tone for the other papers by describing and...

With slowing global growth and increasing uncertainty clouding the global economic prospects,the Europe and Central Asia region faces a more challenging context than previously envisioned.Growth in the emerging markets and developing economies in the region slowed in 2018 and isprojected to...

In 2018, the World Bank launched the Human Capital Index (HCI), which is designed to highlight how improvements in current health and education outcomes will shape the productivity of the next generation of workers. The HCI measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The drivers of the informal economy -- Tax morale and informality in post-socialist contexts / Diana Traikova -- The many shades of the grey economy in Romania / Rodica Ianole-Colin, Colin Vaalsan, Elena Druic? -- Evaluating the perceptions and realities of...

Júlia Király, Dóra Győrffy: Economic Sanctions -- Péter Benczúr, István Kónya: Economic Growth & Resilience -- Jakub Głowacki, Anna Gomola, Michał Król, Łukasz Mamica, Monika Mazur-Bubak: Energy Markets: Current Situation and Possibilities for Stabilisation -- Szilárd Benk, Péter...

This book covers a wide variety of aspects of transition in Central and Southeast Europe and the CIS, including the socialist legacy, privatization and growth, skills, and banking reforms. It also covers the evolution of the global economy beyond transition, looking at complexity, risk...