Crisis management in selected countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe (by A. Mihailov, G. Hunya, S. Richter, Z. Lukas, S. Leitner and V. Astrov; pp. 1-10) Keywords crisis management, fiscal stimulus Countries covered Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Latvia, Ukraine Topics...

At the very time that professional skepticism concerning the effectiveness of foreign aid has reached new heights, donors seem to be ready to substantially increase the volume of aid they are willing to make available. This paper attempts to address this paradox by first examining the record of...