international comparison the key characteristics and recent developments of labour costs, taxation and productivity in Austria and … selected CEEs (Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia). The CEEs still …

, 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 …

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

This paper discusses the transition agenda and provides the key economic characteristics of selected Middle East and … to identify some regularities in transition processes and to draw policy lessons for MENA countries. Among the key … overcome, yet the transition will not require a radical overhaul of the existing system. The sine qua non condition is to …

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 …