To achieve high-income status, middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia must prioritise reforms that will foster the infusion of capital, knowledge, and...
Tag - Bosnia and Herzegovina
The cost of further EU enlargement will be high. But the cost of not enlarging the Union—both economic and geopolitical—could be higher still. European leaders...
Entrenched corruption and weakening democratic institutions in the region can frequently be attributed to the dismantling of critical checks and balances. Extensive...
Any negative impact of high US tariffs on European goods and services would be significant for members of the bloc in emerging Europe. Even though the return of Donald...
Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the EU made enlargement a dirty word. Poland needs to make it not just acceptable again, but essential. Outlining Poland’s...
Some movies, TV, books, music, travel and sporting highlights that kept the Emerging Europe team occupied when we weren’t busy working. Films The New Year That...
From Ukraine’s ongoing resilience in the face of Russia’s brutal aggression to rigged elections in Georgia, political stalemate in Bulgaria, and the shooting of...
Data show a significant slowdown in new foreign greenfield investment in most countries of the region: only Moldova has seen an increase. International investors are...
Timely investments in climate adaptation, particularly in flood prevention infrastructure, can significantly protect the country’s economy and improve the health of its...
The mismatch between education and the needs of the labour market is resulting in a significant waste of human potential and is partly behind the brain drain affecting...
Both this year and next the EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe are still set to significantly outperform the euro area. Despite the uncertain international...
The beauty of reinvention lies in its continuity—there’s always another step, another opportunity to adapt, to grow, to become something new. Emerging Europe is no...
