Part 1 of the report provides an overview of the position of energy-intensive industries in Romania as compared to other Central and East European economies. The industries identified as particularly ‘energy-intensive’ are the paper industry, the chemical, the non-metallic mineral products...

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...

After a period of exceptionally high growth in the whole region of Central, East and Southeast Europe in the past two years, there has been some slowdown in GDP growth. Nevertheless growth remains largely robust. In particular the new member states of the EU (NMS) appear to be largely decoupled...

In its new special issue on the economies of Central, East and Southeast Europe, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) analyses the current economic situation in the region as well as development prospects for 2005 and 2006, presenting revised forecasts based on results...

In 2005 most of the new EU member states (NMS) performed even better than in 2004. They have successfully managed the accession to the EU and gained the ability to grow fast despite the anaemic performance of the old EU. FDI inflows reached a record high. In the coming two years, economic...

The external conditions facing the transition economies slightly improved on balance during the year 2004. The eight new EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe (NMS-8) recorded higher GDP growth (5% on average) than in the previous year, largely thanks to expanding domestic demand - in...

Baltic states perils of a boom-bust scenario (by Sebastian Leitner, pp. 1-8) Countries covered Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy What drives the Chinese stock market? (by Waltraut Urban, pp. 9-15) Countries covered China Topics Macroeconomic Analysis,...

wiiw in 2005 and beyond (by Michael Landesmann, pp. 1-3) Countries covered non specific Topics Other Yet another Balkan state (by Vladimir Gligorov, pp. 4-7) Countries covered Montenegro Topics Regional Development Electricity efficiency in the new EU member states and the accession countries...

The Chinese automotive industry in a global context (by W. Urban and B. Wang, pp. 1-8) Keywords China, automotive industry Countries covered China Topics Foreign Direct Investment; Industry Index of global tolerance a quantitative analysis based on 'World Values Survey' data (by A. Tausch, pp....

China's oil policy facing the challenge of rising oil demand (by W. Urban; pp. 1-6) Keywords oil demand, economic policy, China Countries covered China Topics Energy Efficiency improvements in Russian gas-fired heat and power generation (by E. Christie; pp. 7-11) Keywords natural gas, electricity...