This paper looks at the experience of South East Europe which -- for the purposes of this paper -- includes the former states of Yugoslavia except for Slovenia (i.e. Croatia, Serbia-Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia), Albania, and the two EU candidate countries, Bulgaria and Romania....

The report analyses the fiscal and macroeconomic environment in the lagging regions and the relevant Member States of the EU, as a sound and sustainable macroeconomic framework is a necessary, but by itself not a sufficient precondition for investment and growth in the regions. It starts with...

This report is an annex to wiiw Research Report 421, 'Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions I Fiscal and Macroeconomic Environment'. It provides eight detailed country case studies, analysing the fiscal and macroeconomic environment in Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania...

Although a certain amount of catching-up in the Western Balkans has been recorded in the construction of transport infrastructure in recent years, the railway density remains low and the motorway density is even lower. Also, the deficiency in energy infrastructure is substantial. The current...

The aim of this study is to analyse the state of the competitiveness of seven Western Balkan economies and to suggest policy recommendations in order to increase their capacity to compete. Most countries from the Western Balkans have a persistent current account deficit of about 10% of GDP which...

In this study we argue for a 'Big Push' in infrastructure investments in greater Europe. We propose the building of a European Silk Road, which connects the industrial centres in the west with the populous, but less developed regions in the east of the continent and thereby is meant to generate...

This study provides a first analysis of the recent development in infrastructure investment in the Western Balkans. It identifies infrastructure gaps as well as key infrastructure initiatives in the region, outlines the political dimension and provides the respective detailed infrastructure...

In den Jahren von 2011 bis 2021 steigen die Steuereinnahmen Thüringens ausgehend von der derzeitigen Schätzung um knapp 50 Prozent, von 2011 bis 2017 um rund ein Drittel. Die Inflation beläuft sich im Zeitraum von 2011 bis 2017 auf ungefähr 7 Prozent. Dies bedeutet für Thüringen seit 2011...

Der konjunkturelle Aufschwung in Deutschland sorgt auch in Nordrhein-Westfalen für weiter steigende Steuereinnahmen. Doch die Herausforderungen auf der Ausgabenseite, mögliche konjunktur- und reformbedingten Einbußen sowie das Verbot der Neuverschuldung ab dem Jahr 2020 werden den...