The paper looks at what policy-makers can do to decrease corruption in developing and transition countries, based on an in-depth examination of effectiveness of actual anticorruption measures in Slovakia. The research presents a synthesis of 12 case studies where measures in the sectors most...

This paper explores implications of the EU accession process for consolidation of institutions important for sustainable economic growth in the states aspiring to be EU members. Much of its attention concentrates on the 10 member states from Central and Eastern Europe that have already joined...

We examine the relationship between education and social protection policies across OECD countries and thereby contribute to the growing political and academic discussion on how social investment and social protection are interrelated. We focus on how gover ment policy in two policy domains...

This paper uses results of a questionnaire survey to look at how central bankers in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia view various criteria of central bank independence and compares their responses with central bankers in industrial countries. Central bankers from both groups...

This paper examines the relationship between social capital and adult learning. We test this association empirically using measures of various types of social capital and adult learning based on the German Socioeconomic Panel. We use predetermined measures of social capital to exclude social...