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Western Balkans EU Accession: Is the 2025 Target Date Realistic?

Grieveson, Richard; Grübler, Julia; Holzner, Mario - 2018

The European Commission has set a target date of 2025 for Western Balkan EU accession, while also outlining a broader new strategy which includes Brussels taking a more active role in solving political disputes in the region, and upgrading infrastructure as part of the Berlin Process. We welcome...

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Policy Options for Competitiveness and Economic Development in the Western Balkans: the Case for Infrastructure Investment

Holzner, Mario - 2016

The Western Balkans are a region with a substantial economic catch-up potential. Compared to other European economies these countries are either poor or very poor. Structural underdevelopment and low competitiveness impede the catch-up process. Mass unemployment and a huge trade deficit indicate...

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Economic Policy Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative for CESEE and Austria

Bykova, Alexandra; Ghodsi, Mahdi; Grübler, Julia; … - 2018

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vision to revive the ancient 'Silk Road' by means of massive infrastructure investments throughout Eurasia and Africa, was first presented by China's President Xi Jinping in 2013. China has identified the region of Central East and Southeast Europe (CESEE)...

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Investment in the Western Balkans

Grieveson, Richard; Holzner, Mario - 2018

New Directions and Financial Constraints in Infrastructure Investment Investment in infrastructure is important to generating long-term productivity gains. The Western Balkans lack infrastructure capacity and investment – particularly in non-traditional sectors such as water, sewerage, waste,...

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A stronger CEE for a stronger Europe

Wieser, Thomas; Grieveson, Richard; Holzner, Mario - 2024

the successful convergence process of those countries, not least thanks to their integration into European and global …; promotion of regional cooperation in areas such as withholding tax, convergence of rules on accounting and stock exchanges in … activities; education and training programs for sectors where wage convergence has made most progress, including promotion of …

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One trillion euros for Europe: How to finance a European Silk Road with the help of a European Silk Road Trust, backed by a European Sovereign Wealth Fund and other financing instr...

Holzner, Mario - 2019

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How to spend it: A proposal for a European Covid-19 recovery programme

Creel, Jérôme; Holzner, Mario; Saraceno, Francesco; … - 2020

* The Recovery Fund recently proposed by the EU Commission marks a sea-change in European integration. Yet it will not be enough to meet the challenges Europe faces. There has been much public debate about financing, but little about the sort of concrete projects that the EU should be putting...

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Public services and liveability in European cities in comparison

Holzner, Mario; Römisch, Roman - 2021

A high level of public services in housing, transport, education and health care is essential for liveability in urban centres, as shown in this report, with the help of European data for large cities. Inhabitants of larger cities, where the housing market is heavily commercialised in terms of...

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RRF 2.0: A permanent EU investment fund in the context of the energy crisis, climate change and EU fiscal rules

Heimberger, Philipp; Lichtenberger, Andreas - 2023

While climate change has long called for a green shift in our economies, the current energy crisis leads to an increased urgency when it comes to transforming the energy and transportation systems. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which was adopted to support recovery from the...

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Öffentliche Investitionen und Sozialstaat: Perspektiven der Budgetpolitik im Kontext von Energiekrise, Klimawandel und EU-Budgetregeln

Heimberger, Philipp - 2023

Im Kontext der Energiekrise und des Klimawandels ist in den kommenden Jahrzehnten eine erhebliche Ausweitung der öffentlichen Investitionen erforderlich. Für Österreich sind bis zum Jahr 2030 die Erfordernisse für öffentliche Investitionen zur Erreichung der Klima- und Energieziele gemäß...

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