The present analysis has been inspired by the book entitled The Quality Assurance in Higher Education in the Central and East-European Countries – Agenda Ahead, edited by Jan KOHOUTEK, UNESCO-CEPES, Studies on Higher Education, Bucharest, 2009, presenting the outcome of the Research Plan...

Seit Beginn der neunziger Jahre sind in hohem Umfang ausländische Direktinvestitionen in die neuen EU-Mitgliedstaaten geflossen. Von Unternehmen werden neben niedrigen Arbeitskosten und geringer Steuerbelastung die geringe Regulierungsdichte und eine effiziente Verwaltung als wesentliche...

Mit dem Beitritt der zehn mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder am 1. Mai 2004 ist es den Staaten der bisherigen Europäischen Union möglich, die Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit für Bürger aus den neuen Mitgliedsländern einzuschränken. Über einen Zeitraum von insgesamt sieben Jahren können...

We analyze the internal spatial wage and employment structures of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, using regional data for 1996-2000. A new economic geography model predicts wage gradients and specialization patterns that are smoothly related to regions' relative...

This paper develops a framework by which the impact of decentralization of government on child welfare can be assessed. Consistent with the child welfare perspective, it is suggested that equity should be given greatest weight, in terms of both equality of opportunity and progress in reducing...

This Report looks at the changes in risks facing the 100 million children in the 18 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Eight types of risk are considered in turn: poverty; war and dislocation; environmental degradation; health and health service deterioration; changes in...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 paved the way for changes in every aspect of life in this region. New opportunities and new risks emerged for all members of society. The main drive for change has been bold economic and political reform - the transition from planned systems to market...

Questa pubblicazione è una sintesi del quarto Regional Monitoring Report che copre 18 paesi dell'Europa Centrale ed Orientale e dell'ex Unione Sovietica. Il quarto rapporto contiene: un aggiornamento sui cambiamenti nelle condizioni di vita delle famiglie e dell'infanzia; un indagine sui fattori...