As a mall country among Georgia's growth factors in future might well be foreign trade. The close cooperation with the EU within the European neighborhood policy centers on improving and facilitating trade between the partners. In 2006 the EU granted Georgia the GSP+ status which allows almost...

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of growth in Ukraine in a medium-term and a long-term perspective. During 2000-2008, high growth in Ukraine was sup-ported by favourable external conditions and was mainly demand-driven. Due to the massive decline of external demand and the...

Vor etwa zehn Jahren ging in den meisten Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas die Ära der Planwirtschaft zu Ende. Die in die Marktwirtschaft gesetzten Hoffnungen haben sich allerdings nur teilweise erfüllt. Volkhart Vincentz und Wolfgang Quaisser vom Münchener Osteuropa-Institut fassen in dem...