To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, this paper aims to assess developments in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) over the past three decades, and to look forward to what the next 30 years might bring. First, we measure the convergence of per capita income, wages...

Countries in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe have been hit hard by the global crisis. There is a need to rethink the growth model because a return to thestatus quo antedoes not seem realistic.