This study analyses the institutional impediments to investment and growth in SEE and suggests ‘second generation’ policy reforms to ease these constraints. Chapter one reviews the recent trends in the economies of the eight countries that comprise the region (SEE8) and their prospects for...

This paper aims to shed some new light on the conditions needed to ensure the effectiveness of Boards of Directors of state owned enterprises with a focus on infrastructure sectors. In the case of developing countries, empirical studies have found evidence of positive links between the...

The aim of this paper is to shed new light on key challenges in governance arrangements for state owned enterprises in infrastructure sectors. The paper provides guidelines on how to classify the fuzzy and sometimes conflicting development goals of infrastructure and the governance arrangements...

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Introduction; Sample Selection; Tables; O.1 Countries Selected for Case Study Analysis of Energy Subsidy Reforms; Figures; O.1 Distribution of Sample Countries by Energy Net Exports or Imports; O.2 Distribution of Sample Countries by...