Introduction -- Theoretical background and earlier studies -- Methods and measurement -- Results on the drivers and bottlenecks of "smart development" -- Discussion of the results so far -- Inequality and smart public health development -- Conclusion.

Starting from Professor Kornai´s assertion about the necessity to focus on the long-termperspectives of the transformation process, we analyze in this paper the Lisbon performanceof the countries of the European Union from such a long-term, structural perspective. Wepresent in a simple form the...

The present analysis deals with the relationship of the EU budget and its resources with the Lisbon process. The EU Commission speaks for many years about a lack of transparency in financial relations between Member States and the EU. It even says that the current system fulfils very well the...