This paper analyses the spatial distribution of economic activity in the European Union at NUTS2 level over the 2001-2010 period. The aim of the study is twofold: to provide descriptive evidence of the agglomeration distribution in Europe and its evolution over time across countries; to identify...

The Syrian economy is currently undertaking a set of measures to introduce market oriented reforms aimed to change the past system of central planning and to adopt socially oriented rules. The envisaged reforms are supposed to bring efficiency of economic activities, to withdraw the state from...

The Syrian economy is currently undertaking a set of measures to introduce market oriented reforms aimed to change the past system of central planning and to adopt socially oriented rules. The envisaged reforms are supposed to bring efficiency of economic activities, to withdraw the state from...

Trade deficits are caused by the balances between saving and investment and the effects of those balances on international flows of capital. Generally, there are three primary sources of the trade deficit: a decline in saving/GDP ratio; fluctuations in the business cycles; investment...

Romania started the transition process by adopting a gradualist strategy for implementing its economic reforms, most of which being carried out independently and not through a concrete and cohesive policy package. The dynamics of restructuring on the labor market is analyzed by the Index of...

In this paper we analyse the macroeconomic stabilisation of Serbia over the last five years, by calculating an Index of Macroeconomic Stabilisation derived from the pentagon of stability. The pentagon is constructed through five indicators of stability: Real GDP growth, unemployment, inflation,...

The relativity of poverty determines a certain degree of specificity in case of each country where the phenomenon is considerably spread over the population. In transitional countries poverty is determined to a large extent by the structural changes undertaken for adopting market rules in the...

The monetary integration of EU countries raises the issue of completing the enlargement process of the union by integrating former socialist countries not only economically, but also monetarily. Although unanimously recognized as a two step process, the full EU integration of transitional...

The economic reforms envisaged by the Syrian government are principally aimed to raise the overall efficiency of economic activities and to improve significantly the productivity of labour and capital. Irrespective of the degree of competitiveness and efficiency of private companies, the...

We analyse in this paper the main achievements of Romania during the period of ten years since joining the European Union. The analysis is based on a proposed Index of Structural Changes constructed that express the overall progress in five areas: business environment, labour market, state...