This paper analyses real income convergence in central, eastern and south-eastern Europe (CESEE) to the most advanced … income convergence for economic welfare and the importance of convergence for economic and monetary integration with, and … within the European Union. The paper establishes stylised facts of convergence, analyses the drivers of economic growth and …

the successful convergence process of those countries, not least thanks to their integration into European and global …; promotion of regional cooperation in areas such as withholding tax, convergence of rules on accounting and stock exchanges in … activities; education and training programs for sectors where wage convergence has made most progress, including promotion of …