Emerging Europe takes a closer look at this year’s EBRD Transition Report, and hears from the bank’s chief economist, Sergei Guriev.
Tag - Demographics
Larisa Manastirli, director for Bulgaria at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), spoke to Andrew Wrobel about the Bulgarian EU Presidency as well...
A new report from the World Bank, Rethinking Lagging Regions, which examines convergence and disparity within the EU, has highlighted the danger of low-growth traps...
Emigration is the elephant in emerging Europe’s room. With the catastrophic numbers of people leaving the region (at least from some parts) speaking for themselves, the...
Reports that big increases in wages are threatening jobs in emerging Europe have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the region needs a pay rise.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recommended Latvia raise its minimum pension in order to reduce poverty amongst the elderly. The...
The population is ageing all over the world. It’s so obvious a fact, that people – on hearing such a statement – usually just nod and carry on. We do not...
As many as 3.4 million Romanians have fled the country since it joined the European Union in 2007. The figure represents 17 per cent of the country’s total...
Demography has been an issue in Bulgaria for more than three decades. The country’s population registered its peak in the mid-1980s, when it was about to reach figure of...
More than 15,000 doctors have left Romania since the country joined the EU in 2007, leaving many hospitals – particularly in more remote parts of the country –...
Income convergence in the Western Balkans has stalled, according to the IMF’s new report, Regional Economic Outlook: Europe Hitting Its Stride. Measured in purchasing...
As the World Bank racks up 25 years in Georgia, Mercy Tembon, the bank’s regional director for the South Caucasus, Europe and Central Asia tells Andrew Wrobel that her...
