This paper examines the performance of 515 banks in 16 transition economies for the years 1994-99 based on their public … excessive risk-taking on average where there is significant progress in banking and related enterprise reforms, there may be a … been significant progress in banking and related enterprise reforms, banks are making comfortable margins on loans and …

Under the Kyoto Protocol, transition countries are expected to become important players in the emerging market for … carbon investment climate in the transition countries eligible for Joint Implementation (JI) – Russia, Ukraine, Croatia and …

. Energy intensity (defined as energy use per GDP) has decreased in the course of transition, but progress has been uneven and … most transition countries still use several times as much energy per unit of output as their Western peers. This paper …

This paper examines the different strategies adopted by individuals in transition economies to cope with labour market … restructuring. Using micro-data from seven countries at different stages of transition, we focus on “active” coping strategies, in … and is more significant in the advanced transition countries of central Europe, where entrepreneurs tend to be male …

This paper analyses the accuracy of GDP growth forecasts prepared by the EBRD for 25 transition countries between 1994 … and 2004. It provides the first comprehensive statistical analysis of output growth forecasts for transition countries in …. In addition, it shows that forecast accuracy has improved with progress in transition as well as with the expansion in …

This paper analyses the statistical properties of annual inflation forecasts prepared by the EBRD for 25 transition … monthly data, decline in price volatility over time, general progress in transition reforms, and exchange rate developments …

-income consumers in transition countries. While the available data is incomplete, the paper finds that affordability is a problem for …