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Papers and essays in economics

PECOB is pleased to introduce this database of updated articles, analyses and working papers on Central-Eastern Europe and the Balkan region's economies.

Papers on this site discuss specific economic issues within different contexts.

In this page, papers and essays are ordered by date of publication, starting from the most recent.

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EU competitiveness in a globalized world (Viachaslau Yarashevich)

(published in: Jul, 2015)

Notwithstanding its many structural problems and regional differences, the European Union as a whole is greatly competitive on global economic arena.
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(published in: Mar, 2010)
The dynamics of the integration process in EU agriculture and the enlargement to Central Eastern Europe

(published in: Jan, 2010)

This paper would like to stretch four issues, which are connected both with EU enlargment and integration and with agriculture and the related industrial sectors. The first one focus on the effects of the EU enlargment on the agricultural sector in Italy. The second issue is the transition of the agricultural sector in the Central Eastern European countries after 1989. The third point is represented by the competitiveness of those countries in the agricultural sector. The last point will focus on....
Sustainable and organic farming in the UniAdrion countries (by Andrea Segré)

(published in: Jan, 2010)

Aim of this paper is to show how sustainability, and related policies, may have a positive impact in the dynamic of stabilization of the Adriatic-Ionic Initiative Countries (AIICs). The basic assumption is as follow: the implementation of any sustainable development policies need a continuing process of in-country, country-by-country and region-by-region dialogue. Expanding linkages — among countries, regions and of course economic sectors — form an important part of the story started a the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, when actually sustainability has emerged as an overarching policy goal and the international community adopted....
Sustainable development policies in productive activities and their contribution to the stabilization of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative countries (by Andrea Segré)

(published in: Jan, 2010)

Aim of this paper is to show how sustainability, and related policies, may have a positive impact in the dynamic of stabilization of the Adriatic-Ionic Initiative Countries (AIICs). The basic assumption is as follow....
Nature-agriculture and culture-cultivation in Europe (by Andrea Segré)

(published in: Jan, 2010)

This occasional papers by Andrea Segré focuses on the themes of nature-agriculture and culture-cultivation in Europe, touching upon the Common Agricultural Policy and the debate between natural agriculture and genetically modified organisms.
Memorandum on east-west agro-food systems towards the third millennium (by The Group of Bertinoro)

(published in: Jan, 2010)

The Group of Bertinoro considers the current dramatic changes in Europe's former centrally planned economies which are reshaping their economic, social and political structures as an historic opportunity for increasing economic welfare and political stabilisation throughout Europe. As many obstacles remain to be conquered, the objective of this memorandum is to assist in capturing this opportunity by listing strategy priorities and recommendations for policy-makers and international institutions on the agro-food system. The Group of Bertinoro urges the Governments of all European Countries to design....
Economics of transition in the Balkans and Central Europe (by Tomás Réti)

(published in: Jan, 2010)

In the last century Balkan economies could be characterised with several long-term tendencies. One can mention among these, existence of strong central governmental power, which has intended to eliminate economic backwardness with the help of industrialisation. Government insisted industrialisation programmes had been accompained with spreading nationalist ideologies. New Balkan nation-states'governments have preferred to implement self-supporting economic policies which got inevitebly in conflict with strong presence of foreign capital and its intention for expansion. Prior to Second World War....
Small and Medium Entreprise Sector Development in Bosnia-Herzegovina (by Senada Batho)

(published in: Jan, 2010)

Establishing and managing a small firm offers to its owner and manager the possibility to make his/her dreams to become a reality. Entrepreneur ship, in that case, as the way of livmg, we can consider as artistic, and it is obvious that it means more then working just in order to survive. The existence of SMEs and their specific features offers an advantageous working environment not only for their owners and managers but also for all employees. Smaller and simpler work units....
The role of Istria in the process of economic transition of Croatia (by Lucia Betti)

(published in: Jan, 2010)

This research on the transition of Croatia represent the deepening of former studies on the same subject.They have been centered on commerce, privatizations and foreign investments. In this case the attention is focesed on reltion between state and regions administrative structures. In the first chapter the change in the state-regions relations after 1992 is analyzed. The second chapter takes into consideration....
Economic Immigration to Poland in the Context of the Transformation Process (by Sylwia Seweryn)

(published in: Dec, 2006)

Poland, as other countries of the Central-Eastern Europe, has been perceived for decades as a country producing both political and economic immigrants. Since 1989, the beginning of the process of political and economic transformation, the role of Poland in the migratory movements has been gradually changing; from sending, to transit and, eventually, destination country. This refers both to persons arriving in Poland for economic purposes, as well as individuals enjoying international protection.
Slovakia: Man, Land, State. A study of traditional and social factors in the development of rural areas. (by Saverio Francesco Massari)

(published in: Dec, 2006)

Established in 1999 through the UN Security Council Resolution 1244, the elephantine mission of international ad interim administration of Kosovo is drawing to an end. On the eve of the status question solution for the land of blackbirds and monasteries, a critical analysis of the UN administration actions appears appropriate.

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