The report analyses recent economic developments and short- and medium-term development prospects, covering the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe including Turkey, together with Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and China. Separate chapters present an overview of...

Austria's economic relations with Russia (by V. Astrov; pp. 1-5) Keywords economic cooperation, neighbourhood policy Countries covered Austria, Russia Topics International Trade and Competitiveness; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Integration The structure of jobs across the EU some...

Trade and economic integration in the CIS an evaluation (by Vasily Astrov, Peter Havlik and Olga Pindyuk; pp. 1-3) Keywords trade, economic integration Countries covered CIS Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Volume and variety of intra-bloc trade in an expanded European Union...

European energy security a concern common to both the EU and Russia (by P. Havlik; pp. 1-2) Keywords energy security, gas supply, structural reform Countries covered Russia, EU Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy The current state and prospects of the Russian energy sector (by V. Astrov;...

Graph of the month Share of foreign value added in the exports of selected countries Opinion corner What might be the economic consequences of a potential territorial break-up of Ukraine? (by Vasily Astrov) Trade integration, vertical specialisation and employment growth in the new Member States...

Export quality indicators for the transition countries (by Robert Stehrer, pp. 1-3) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, China Topics International Trade and Competitiveness On the profitability of Austrian...

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 (by R. Stehrer; pp. 11-14) Keywords export...

Patterns of new member states’ international trade in intermediate products (by Robert Stehrer; pp. 1-6) Keywords intermediate products, international trade Countries covered New EU Member States Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Productivity of imports in the transition...

Real economic convergence within the EU (by Rumen Dobrinsky; pp. 1- 5) Keywords convergence, panel regressions Countries covered European Union Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy R&D and non-R&D innovators in the financial crisis the role of binding credit constraints (by Sandra M. Leitner...

For about a decade, GDP growth in Central European countries has been consistently faster than in the 'old' EU-15. As a first approximation, one can expect a growth differential of about 2 percentage points to prevail also in the future. This practical rule-of-thumb is broadly consistent with...