Monthly Report No. 2/2005

New EU Member States booming agro-food trade, Poland ahead (by Zdenek Lukas) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia Topics Agriculture and Food Industry Unit labour costs as a measure of countries¿ competitiveness (by Kazimierz Laski and Roman Römisch) Countries covered non-specific Topics International Trade and Competitiveness Distributional effects of evolving spending and tax policies in post-socialist Poland (by Leon Podkaminer) Countries covered Poland Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Selected monthly data on the economic situation in ten transition countries, 2003-2004 Countries covered Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine Guide to wiiw statistical services on Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine