some moderate slowdown in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. A definite growth slowdown was only …

employment, adding to unemployment which is generally high, or very high, and unlikely to go down significantly even in the …

Employment and unemployment in the Western Balkans an assessment (by A. Iara and H. Vidovic, pp. 1-10) Keywords labour … market, employment, Western Balkans Countries covered SEE Topics Labour and Migration Skills and the performance of exports …

their external competitiveness - via devaluation and/or cuts in employment. On account of their solid industries, they … crisis. In the Western Balkans, significant employment cuts have so far been mostly averted, but they might well come to the …. Furthermore, as a consequence of the crisis, persistently low employment levels might result in human capital losses. The slower …

rates - just as Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan will rebound more strongly … pronounced as long as employment fails to grow. Investment will not act as a strong engine of growth either. Given the generally …

the third quarter of 2011. In a number of countries (e.g. Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia) the most …

, while Slovenia and Croatia will be unable to avoid another recession this year – notwithstanding the likely beneficial …