The government of Slovenia is moving rapidly to promote the growth of an efficient market economy and the private sector. One of the major tasks it faces is the development of a legal framework that can act as a decentralized"invisible hand"to replace previous administrative controls and steer...

The Western Balkan countries are significantly exposed to the effects of global crisis because most of them are highly indebted abroad, possess insufficient hard currency reserves and experience high balance of payments deficits. Although the first wave of financial crisis (a fall in prices of...

This series of enterprise case studies grew out from a 1995-1996 research project at IIASA. It acknowledged the importance of export development for the recovery of the economies of Central and Eastern Europe following their deep transformational recession in 1990-1994. The main goal was a...