Die vorliegende Publikation untersucht die bestehende Zusammenarbeit des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen mit China bzw. den chinesischen Partnerprovinzen und gibt darauf basierend Handlungsempfehlungen zur Verbesserung bestehender Kontakte in den Bereichen Hochschule und Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft,...

This paper discusses Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Applicability of a Performance Criterion. Financial sector indicators through end-March 2013 suggest that the banking system remains profitable and adequately capitalized at...

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the fiscal strength of the economy of the Czech Republic. Fiscal policy in the Czech Republic has shown a procyclical bias temporarily interrupted during the crisis years. The large stimulus implemented has been more than compensated by a frontloaded...

This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Czech economy, despite its strong fundamentals, is in the midst of a prolonged recession because of the euro area slump and weak domestic demand. A further slowdown in the euro area would exacerbate the situation, creating the risk of lower...

The sizeable fiscal consolidation required to stabilize the debt-to-GDP ratios in several countries in the aftermath of the global crisis raises a crucial question on its feasibility. To answer this question, we rely on historical evidence from a sample of 91 adjustment episodes of countries...

Phenological timing–i.e. the course of annually recurring development stages in nature–is of particular interest since it can be understood as a proxy for the climate at a specific region; moreover changes in the so-called phenological phases can be a direct consequence of climate change. We...

Jakoby H. (2006) Evaluation as part of the regional policy life cycle: the example of North Rhine-Westphalia, Regional Studies 40, 281-284. The paper considers how European Union evaluation requirements have been used in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, as a catalyst for changing...

Die Wirtschaft Nordrhein-Westfalens dürfte sich 2013 erneut ungünstiger entwickelt haben als in Deutschland insgesamt. Insbesondere der Industriesektor ist zurückgefallen, während sich die Wertschöpfung im Dienstleistungssektor mehr oder weniger parallel zu der in Deutschland entwickelte....

Die sich abzeichnende Nachfrage in den neuen Bundesländern, bei den EG-Partnern und in Osteuropa macht den Markt für Umwelttechnik und Umweltschutzdienstleistungen für immer mehr Anbieter attraktiv, was auch durch den Ausstellerrekord bei der Umweltmesse ENVITEC in Düsseldorf dokumentiert...