Armenia and Azerbaijan recent economic developments and policy challenges (by V. Astrov, pp. 1-5) Keywords comparative study, economic growth, macroeconomic analysis Countries covered Armenia, Azerbaijan Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Agricultural support consequences of an...

Getting back to business in emerging Europe (by S. Schadler; pp. 1-6) Keywords real convergence, crisis, fiscal policy Countries covered New EU Member States Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy The crisis of the euro area and the need for a structural reform (by K. Busch; pp. 7-11) Keywords...

wiiw Managing Director retires (by Kazimierz Laski, pp. 1-2) Countries covered non specific Topics Other Further expanding agro-food trade of the NMS-4 in Europe (by Zdenek Lukas and Jan Mládek, pp. 3-7) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia Topics Agriculture and Food...

The miracle of Brussels a compromise on the long-term budget of the European Union (by Sándor Richter) Countries covered European Union Topics Economic Integration Chinese direct investment abroad economic and political objectives (by Waltraut Urban) Countries covered China Topics Foreign...

MENA in transition any lessons from CESEE? (by Peter Havlik and Sándor Richter; pp. 1-7) Keywords MENA, transition Countries covered MENA, CESEE Topics Other The EU and Russia both important for Ukraine (by Vasily Astrov; pp. 8-9) Keywords Ukraine, trade association, Russia, EU Countries...

Bulgaria negative economic sentiment prevails (by Rumen Dobrinsky) Croatia no upturn yet (by Hermine Vidovic) Czech Republic heading for a change (by Leon Podkaminer) Estonia consumers keep growth alive (by Sebastian Leitner) Hungary the well-known pre-election tunes are played again (by Sándor...

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) expects GDP in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) to pick up speed and grow on average by 2-3% over the forecast period 2014-2016 a major driving force rooted in an upward reversal of public and private investment. The...

Graph of the month Dependence of selected European countries on gas imports from Russia, 2012, in % (p. 1) Some lesser known facts about Ukraine’s foreign trade (by Peter Havlik; pp. 2-5) Opinion corner Russia and Ukraine – three questions, nine answers (by Vasily Astrov, Vladimir Gligorov...

The Czech Republic high growth likely to slow down (by Leon Podkaminer, pp. 1-3) Countries covered Czech Republic Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Hungary convergence programme revised (by Sándor Richter, pp. 4-6) Countries covered Hungary Topics Macroeconomic Analysis,...

Convergence and labour demand employment projections for the new EU member states up to 2012 (by Robert Stehrer) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Topics Labour and Migration Structures and sectoral linkages in selected new and old...