Over the past decade, material efficiency and resource productivity have surfaced on the global policy agenda. The rise of the circular economy (CE) agenda reflects the objective of moving away from the current systems of production and consumption based on the 'take-make-use-waste' linear...

This report reviews Europe's experience in spearheading CE policy. Its aim is not only to highlight its features and accomplishments, but also identify existing barriers to future progress and key measures to overcome them. Its objective is dual: contributing to CE policy development within the...

Tax and benefit reform in Central and Eastern Europe / David M.G. Newbery -- Tax and benefit reform in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Christopher Heady and Stephen Smith -- Redistributive policy in a transition economy: the case of Hungary / Sarah Jarvis and Stephen Pudney -- The taxation of...

Die vier Visegrád-Staaten (Tschechische Republik, Ungarn, Slowakei und Polen) haben trotz großer Schwierigkeiten beachtliche Erfolge bei der Durchführung der Wettbewerbspolitik zu verzeichnen. Allerdings spielen bei Transformationsländern die Faktoren freier Handel, freier Marktzugang und...