The IMF’s headline growth and forecast figures probably matter far less than they appear to. So why continue to make such a fuss about them? On April 14, Pierre-Olivier...
Emerging Europe Insight
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Inside Lithuania’s bold push to build entrepreneurs before they graduate, a model that could redefine how we prepare for the future of work. Education systems across...
Governments in Europe and Central Asia are spending heavily on steering their economies. They are mostly pointing in the wrong direction. The World Bank rarely minces...
Tajikistan’s IT sector barely exists. Recent digital governance initiatives at least suggest some ambition, but progress is painfully slow. Tajikistan occupies an...
Armenia’s economy is thriving as it loosens ties with Russia and embraces the European Union. That is almost certainly not a coincidence. It was, even by the...
Hungary’s exhausted growth model may depend on a change of government to get moving again. For a country that built its modern economic identity on luring foreign...
Europe throws billions at its defence sector. Ukraine’s kitchen-table innovators are already cashing in. Great news for Ukrainian housewives. The European Commission...
With ICT exports at 5.02 per cent of GDP and value added at 8.51 per cent, Serbia has built the Balkans’ most export-oriented tech sector. Serbia has assembled one...
Artificial intelligence was supposed to make work fairer. New data suggest it may do the opposite. When Anne, a data entry clerk, watched an IBM PC arrive on her desk in...
The EU’s new deals with Australia are really about minerals, missiles, and the retreat of American reliability. In September 2021, France recalled its ambassadors...
Founders who delay monetisation think they are being patient. Andrew Wrobel’s new book argues they are being shaped. Ask a founder to pitch their start-up and the...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turbocharged Poland’s tech sector. Sustaining momentum once the war ends is another matter. Poland, its IT sector at least...