Skills and the competitiveness of EU manufacturing industries (by M. Landesmann and R. Stehrer, pp. 1-11) Keywords … skills, competitiveness, manufacturing, EU Countries covered European Union Topics Industry; International Trade and …

, conflict, war Countries covered Georgia, Russia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy EU Structural funds in … Central and East European Countries (by R. Römisch, pp. 12-20) Keywords structural funds, EU, NMS Countries covered New EU …

Countries covered MENA, CESEE Topics Other The EU and Russia both important for Ukraine (by Vasily Astrov; pp. 8-9) Keywords … Ukraine, trade association, Russia, EU Countries covered Ukraine, Russia, EU Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and …-13) Keywords Yugoslavia break-up, post-Yugoslav countries Countries covered Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro …

, nine answers (by Vasily Astrov, Vladimir Gligorov and Olga Pindyuk; pp. 6-7) EU cohesion policy the case of Estonia (by …

Cohesion policy - does it have a future? (by S. Richter; pp. 1-2) Keywords cohesion, transfers, EU Countries covered … European Union, New EU Member States Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy; Regional Development; Other The great crisis and … covered New EU Member States, Wider Europe, SEE, CEE, East Asia Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI; Sectoral …

) chose to integrate with the EU and indeed the EMU, both as soon as possible, rather than pursue a protectionist …

Policy frameworks of the IMF, the World Bank, and the EU are discussed in order to come up with criteria of … macroeconomic and financial stability and sustainability for Future Member States of the EU (candidate and potential candidate … countries). The key deficiency of the EU policy framework is that it lacks a short-term stabilization policy model and …

current debate on the EU budget for the period 2007 to 2013 and introduces five scenarios. The first is identical to the … European Commission's proposal; the second is based on reducing the budget to 1% of the EU's GNI as proposed by the six major … a '1% EU GNI'; however, the expenditures for providing 'EU-wide value added' are left unchanged and it is envisaged that …

This report tracks the major geo-economic and geo-strategic ruptures between the EU and Russia on the future patterns … of gas supplies and shipping routes to the EU and the Western Balkans. It identifies the objectives and interests of the … actors involved in this struggle Russia, the EU, various EU members, the countries of the Caspian Basin (Kazakhstan …

policy Countries covered Romania Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Croatia's EU membership lessons from earlier … accessions (by Hermine Vidovic; pp. 5 7) Keywords Integration, EU Countries covered Croatia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and …