Mit einer Zunahme des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts um 0,3% blieb die konjunkturelle Entwicklung in Italien 2003 beträchtlich hinter den Erwartungen zurück. Die Arbeitslosenquote sank im Jahresdurchschnitt auf 8,7%. Die Teuerungsrate erreichte 2,8%. 2004 wird das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt...

Job creation and productivity growth are at the forefront of the global development agenda. The central challenge today for the government of Armenia is to find new sources of long-term economic growth to become an upper middle-income country, with a view to experiencing a substantial...

This paper explores two relationships, first between country characteristics and the quality of public financial management ('drivers'), and second between the quality of public financial management systems and expected outcomes ('effects'). On the influence of country characteristics, the paper...