This paper discusses the development and possibilities of a trade facilitation cluster driven by web-based technologies in Southeastern Europe. We build on previous literature describing a new economic paradigm defined by a complex set of interactions between a system of global networks that is...

The paper investigated the difference the EU made to the nature and speed of convergence process in the countries that joined the EU since 2004 relative to countries that converged outside such closely-knit supranational organization. It draws some lessons from this analysis for ASEAN countries....

In this report we present the results of our econometric investigation of the role of (1) stabilisation and association agreements (SAAs), (2) bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and (3) free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Western Balkans and their impact on the region's inward foreign direct...

The aim of the paper is to explore the role of trade in aligning the synchronisation patterns between the South Eastern European (SEE) countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia – and members of the euro area. More...