The Western Balkan countries, which are in the late transition process, fail to take advantage of the opportunities … extent, considering that the governments of the transition countries believe that the foreign capital inflow, in the form of … highly sophisticated technology, will simultaneously enable the completion of the transition process and a more decisive …

. After gaining independence in 1991, these peripheral countries underwent a transition which proved to be more painful than …

performance of other transition economies such as the Baltic States, South-East Europe and/or the Visegrad Group. The article … observe some convergence with the other transition economies, which have been relying more wittingly using FDI for their …

During the 1990s most transition economies undertook a series of market reforms, including opening their capital … longer term, each dollar of FDI generates at least one additional dollar of local investment. In transition countries with … run. Limited portfolio flows into the transition economies have no effect on capital formation in either group …

Trade has been recognized in the 2030 development Agenda as well as in the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action as an … important means for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper questions whether trade openness … evidence: first, international trade openness is an important tool for driving financial flows for development, including …

The paper examines the effects of trade openness, particularly, import openness and FDI inflows on life expectancy in …