Both the current economic situation and the short-term growth outlook of virtually all countries in transition are better than at any time during the last decade. Driven by higher import demand from the EU, the Central and East European countries are enjoying an export boom which fuels their GDP...

How does Italy position inside the European structure of trade relationships? How labour bilateral flows have changed over time? Which type of employment activity has been outsourced? Which insourced? Focusing on a three-country perspective, what are the employment bilateral relationships...

This article analyses the process of spatial integration in ten European cross-border metropolitan regions. On the basis of three indicators, relating to flows of cross-border commuters, gross domestic product and the housing market, it suggests that spatial integration can be viewed as a...

This paper presents the dominating farming structure in Bulgaria on the eve of EU accession, and evaluates recent policies for farm and agricultural income support, and assesses likely consequences of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) implementation on farming structures and sustainability. We...

This study aims to investigate the qualitative analysis of the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in Bangladesh. While globalization has led to significant changes in the world economy, it has also altered in important ways the productive relations in developing countries,...

As more and more Venezuelans leave their country, fleeing the economic and social crisis, the number of Venezuelans in Brazil has risen steadily since 2016, constituting about 18.6 percent of Brazil's 1.4 million refugee and migrant population as of October 2020. Past research finds that the...

This study aims to investigate an extensive evaluation of the relationship between economic globalization and women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh. Using time-series data from 1975 to 2017, the study uses the female labor force participation rate (FLFPR), an indicator of women's economic...

Both US and Chinese economic welfare are worsening due to the ratcheting up of the geo-strategic competition between them, and the technological competition between them. The forthcoming economic damage can be prevented as long as, one, neither country believes that its national security is...

The enlargement of the European Union (EU) to ten new members on 1st May 2004 constitutes a major event from both a political, economic and social viewpoint. While it is the greatest in terms of population since the inception of the European construction, this enlargement also encompasses mostly...

The beginning of the article presents the general structure of Romania employed population while joining the European Union. It is proved in figures the extent to which the transition to market economy affected Romania’s workforce, both on sexes and ages and also on socio-professional...