, productivity growth and exports. This and the next section represent new research effort in that a disaggregated database (by NACE …

, we analyse the productivity performance in the period after 1995 for five transition economies, i.e. the Czech Republic … European economies in terms of productivity and sectoral structures. The factors driving this convergence process, however … driver in growth and productivity. We demonstrate that the Central and Eastern European countries have successfully …

the rising relative wage of skilled workers in the manufacturing sector in three Central and Eastern European transition …

(by D. Hanzl-Weiss; pp. 9-15) Keywords food industry, transition Countries covered Hungary Topics Agriculture and Food …

MENA in transition any lessons from CESEE? (by Peter Havlik and Sándor Richter; pp. 1-7) Keywords MENA, transition …

Patterns of transition (by K. Poznanski, J. Poznanska and H.Y. Liu; pp. 1-11) Keywords transition, shock therapy …

Presidential election in Romania will the new broom sweep cleaner? (by Gábor Hunya; pp. 2-3) Earnings levels, inequality and …

quarter of 2006 than in 2005. Investment accelerated sharply and industry is proving buoyant. Labour productivity has … positive. We expect similar outcomes for the next enlargement that will bring in Romania and Bulgaria. Growth, driven primarily …. Macroeconomic stability will be maintained, though inflation is picking up; and is a serious problem in Serbia and Romania …

, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and China). A short analysis of …; quite an abrupt deterioration in industrial labour productivity; and real currency appreciation and a resulting strong rise … 2005 is also slowing down in Southeast Europe - particularly among the region's largest economies Turkey, Romania, Croatia …