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How firms respond to minimum wage increases : evidence from North Macedonia

Jovanović, Branimir; Stojkoski, Viktor; Tevdovski, Dragan - 2026

We study the effects of North Macedonia's 2017 minimum wage reform - the largest in the country's history - using matched employer-employee administrative data covering the entire range of firms and employees, and a difference-in-differences design based on firms' pre-reform share of minimum...

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Assessing Current and Future Expenditure on Long-Term Care in North Macedonia

Coll-Black, Sarah; Hamandi, Ali; Shimbov, Bojan; … - 2026

This assessment focuses solely on government expenditures on sustainable long-term care (LTC) for the elderly, as requested by the The Government of North Macedonia (GoNM). It does not attempt to calculate the costs of the provision of uncompensated informal care by family and friends, nor does...

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An Assessment of Private Sector Engagement in Long‑Term Care for the Elderly in North Macedonia

O’Hanlon, Barbara; Coll-Black, Sarah; Hamandi, Ali; … - 2026

North Macedonia is undergoing a rapid demographic transition characterized by population ageing and a sharp rise in long-term care (LTC) needs. While the total population is projected to decline, the number of older people requiring care is expected to increase substantially over the coming...

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Understanding Training Pathways into Jobs in North Macedonia : Deep dive into Engineering Technician Occupations

2026

This report focuses on the effectiveness of North Macedonia’s VET system in equipping workers with the skills needed in a rapidly changing labor market, highlighting strengths, areas for improvement, and actionable policy recommendations. It examines the performance of the VET ecosystem across...

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Quality of Teaching in Early Childhood Education : Evidence from Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia and Kosovo

2026

Early childhood education (ECE) offers wide-ranging and well-documented benefits, yet access and financing in the Western Balkans and parts of the EU remain limited. ECE plays a vital role in the development of children, especially the most vulnerable, while supporting the World Bank’s Jobs...

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Quality of Teaching in Early Childhood Education : Evidence from Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia and Kosovo

Avitabile, Ciro; Humphry, Ella; Reznikova, Laura - 2026

High quality early childhood education (ECE) yields well established developmental benefits, especially for vulnerable children. These gains depend on strong process quality, which includes effective teaching practices. This brief presents new, preliminary evidence on ECE teaching quality in...

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Education-to-Work Transition in North Macedonia : Insights from the 2025 Graduate Tracer Survey

Koettl-Brodmann, Stefanie; Miorelli, Romina; Naceva, Bojana - 2026

This policy note is intended to inform (i) data-driven decisions on program quotas and study relevance by the Ministry of Education and Science, (ii) the Government’s upcoming Higher Education Strategy, and (iii) the North Macedonia Growth and Jobs Report (Country Economic Memorandum), which...

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EU enlargment: Ukraine as a special case - the Western Balkans as the norm : anchoring Kyiv in the EU through a new type of accession association

Lippert, Barbara; Ondarza, Nicolai von; Seebass, Frauke - 2026

Since Russia launched its full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, the European Union (EU) has pursued its enlargement policy as part of a geopolitical approach. According to the European Commission and candidate states, the EU could admit new members from 2028 onwards, while...

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Can subsidized employment tackle long-term unemployment? : experimental evidence from North Macedonia

Armand, Alex; Carneiro, Pedro; Tagliati, Federico; Xia, … - 2026

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Can subsidized employment tackle long-term unemployment? : experimental evidence from North Macedonia

Armand, Alex; Carneiro, Pedro; Tagliati, Federico; Xia, … - 2020

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Can subsidized employment tackle long-term unemployment? : experimental evidence from North Macedonia

Armand, Alex; Carneiro, Pedro; Tagliati, Federico; Xia, … - 2020

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Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-Term Unemployment? Experimental Evidence from North Macedonia

Armand, Alex - 2020

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Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-term Unemployment? Experimental Evidence from North Macedonia

Armand, Alex - 2020

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North Macedonia : Escaping the Middle-Income Trap

2026

North Macedonia has achieved a remarkable economic ascent since independence, rising from lower- to upper middle-income status in under two decades. Yet for the past 17 years, the country has been stuck at that plateau. Convergence with EU income levels is slower than that of regional peers, and...

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FY 2026 North Macedonia Country Opinion Survey Report

2026

The Country Opinion Survey in North Macedonia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in North Macedonia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the...

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SME Policy Index for Western Balkans and Türkiye 2026 – Economy Profile for North Macedonia

2026

This final version of the publication includes corrections to the launch version of 11 June. Please, refer only to this version. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) underpin the economies of the Western Balkans and Türkiye, accounting for the majority of employment and value added. Their...

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SME Policy Index for Western Balkans and Türkiye 2026 – Economy Profile for Montenegro

2026

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) underpin the economies of the Western Balkans and Türkiye, accounting for the majority of employment and value added. Their competitiveness and resilience are therefore central to sustainable growth and economic convergence with the European Union. Yet...

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Caring for the future: a multi-country analysis of care systems in Europe and Central Asia

2026

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EC/ECDC/EFSA country visit to North Macedonia to advance One Health responses against antimicrobial resistance : 29 January-2 February 2024

2025

The overall objective of this joint country visit to North Macedonia was to discuss and review the advancement of a One Health approach against AMR through: the identification of strengths and weaknesses in the current national AMR strategies, action plans and intersectoral coordination...

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North Macedonia Policy Notes

2025

Following the election of the new government in North Macedonia in June 2024, the World Bank Group prepared 16 sector-specific Policy Notes suggesting three focus areas to support faster, more resilient, and sustainable economic growth in North Macedonia

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Institutional and Functional Review of Air Quality Management in North Macedonia

2025

People in many parts of North Macedonia are exposed to more toxic particulate matter air pollution than their neighbors in Western Europe. The burning of solid fuels for heating in homes and other buildings is a main driver of high ambient concentrations of particulate matter air pollution,...

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Bioeconomy strategy development in Horizon Europe associated countries : Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine

2025

This report describes the bioeconomy policy developments in Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine, associated to the Horizon Europe Framework Programme. The work extends the geographic coverage of the...

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The impact of internal and macroeconomic factors on the profitability of the banking sector : a case study of the Western Balkan countries

Hoxha, Arsim; Bajrami, Roberta; Prekazi, Ylber - 2025

The banking sector in the Western Balkan countries has changed dramatically in recent years. A variety of factors have contributed to these changes, such as economic growth, increased competition, and the implementation of new regulations. As a result, the profitability of the banking sector...

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Impact of International Shocks on North Macedonia and the Western Balkans : Republic of North Macedonia

Kovachevska Stefanova, Simona - 2025

The Western Balkan economies have faced numerous external shocks in recent years, while simultaneously becoming more integrated with the European Union. This paper employs a global vector autoregressive (GVAR) model to estimate the spillovers of real, financial, monetary, and global commodity...

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Population Dynamics, Labor Market Integration, and Migration : Republic of North Macedonia

Ayerst, Stephen - 2025

The population of North Macedonia has been steadily declining over the past two decades and is projected to continue to decline into the foreseeable future due to emigration. This paper estimates an expected cost of the population decline on potential output growth of around 0.5 percentage...

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Republic of North Macedonia : Selected Issues

2025

This Selected Issues paper examines the expected costs of the population decline on potential output growth in New Macedonia. The IMF estimates that the population decline would create a drag on output growth of around 0.5 percentage points. Increased emigration, potentially driven by further EU...

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Republic of North Macedonia : Selected Issues

2024

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Republic of North Macedonia : selected issues

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Republic of North Macedonia : selected issues

2020

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Republic of North Macedonia : 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

2025

The 2025 Article IV Consultation discusses that economic growth in North Macedonia is gaining momentum in an environment of increased uncertainty. A credible fiscal strategy is essential to rebuilding buffers, reducing debt and ensuring compliance with fiscal rules. This is key to maintaining...

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Establishing a digital participation bank in North Macedonia : opportunities and challenges in interest-free finance

Lokce, Ahmet; Danevs, Andrijana Bojadzievska - 2025

This paper aims to explore the feasibility of establishing a digital participation bank in North Macedonia based on the principles of interest-free finance. This system has been part of ethical and equitable financial systems in the major Abrahamic religions. Thus, as interestfree finance...

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Public perception and acceptance of wind energy projects : a case study in the Western Macedonia Region of Greece

Kalogiannidis, Stavros; Spinthiropoulos, Konstantinos; … - 2025

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2025 Economic Reform Programmes of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye : the Commission's overview & country assessments

2025

Economic governance is a key aspect of the EU enlargement process, mirroring efforts in the EU to strengthen economic policy coordination and multilateral surveillance under the European Semester. The Annual Economic and Financial Dialogue with Regional Partners aims to prepare these (potential)...

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An analysis of the financial vulnerability of households borrowing from banks and savings banks in the Macedonian economy

Simeonovski, Kiril - 2025

The main objective of this paper is to develop a framework for household financial vulnerability in the Macedonian economy. To this end, a methodology has been introduced based on the liquidity approach of analysing vulnerability, and the debt service-to-income (DSTI) indicator and the relative...

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The effect of monetary policies on the economy of the Western Balkan countries

Ignjatović, Jelena; Đorđević, Aleksandra - 2025

Monetary policies have one of the key roles in the creation of economic policies of all countries of the world. Although the main task of monetary policy is to regulate the required amount of money, the objectives of monetary policy can have a development and stabilization character, which...

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Another round of EU enlargement : what are the economic and institutional must-haves for candidate countries to make accelerated enlargement possible?

Landesmann, Michael; Grieveson, Richard; Gutzianas, Ioannis - 2025

This study identifies the minimum economic and institutional conditions that candidate countries must meet to ensure macroeconomic stability, sustainable growth, and effective integration into the EU, under a politically accelerated enlargement process. In the area of external accounts,...

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Dominant working style profiles of early-adolescents : a study of eighth and ninth-grade students in north macedonia

Kitanovski, Tome; Dimitrov, Aleksandar; Boskovski, Bosko; … - 2025

The concept of Working Styles, rooted in Kahler's driver theory and later operationalised by Hay, offers a lens for understanding how individuals habitually approach tasks and interpersonal demands. This study investigates the prevalence and configuration of Working Styles among 40 eighth- and...

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Overview of public procurement systems in the Western Balkans

Lemke, Marian - 2025

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of procurement systems in the Western Balkans to identify trends and problems common to all administrations in the region. Drawing on the 2024 SIGMA Monitoring Reports, it reviews progress in aligning national frameworks with EU directives,...

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Public Administration in the Republic of North Macedonia 2024 : Assessment against the Principles of Public Administration

2025

This report provides analysis on how the Republic of North Macedonia performs based on the standards set by the Principles. It covers the six thematic areas of the Principles (strategy, policy development and co-ordination, public service and human resource management, organisation,...

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Rethinking Regional Attractiveness in the Greek region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

2025

Supported by the European Commission, the OECD Rethinking Regional Attractiveness programme helps policy makers understand how their regions can better attract talent, investors, and visitors in today's changing world. The programme's regional case studies provide a snapshot of participating...

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Corruption as a gendered barrier : informal institutions and the limits of democratization in North Macedonia

Muratovska, Milka; Kubbe, Ina; Merkle, Ortrun - 2025

This article examines how corruption operates as a gendered informal institution that restricts women’s substantive political empowerment in post-socialist democracies. Focusing on North Macedonia, we argue that clientelism and male-dominated party networks function as gatekeeping mechanisms...

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Challenges confronting small and medium-sized enterprises : an examination of the Western Balkans context

Mahmutaj, Lura Rexhepi; Zylfijaj, Kujtim - 2025

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute a substantial segment of the private sector, driving job creation and economic growth. The study utilizes data from the World Bank's Enterprise Performance Survey to examine the challenges facing SMEs, as perceived by enterprise managers, and...

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Republic of North Macedonia : 2023 Article IV Consultation and First Review Under the Precautionary and Liquidity Line-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Republic of North Macedonia

2024

This paper discusses Republic of North Macedonia's 2023 Article IV Consultation and First Review under the Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL). The authorities are progressing toward PLL objectives, encompassing the safeguarding of public finances, reduction of energy subsidies, addressing...

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Acceding countries' gradual integration into the EU single market : prerequisites, opportunities and hurdles

Becker, Peter; Lippert, Barbara - 2024

Since 25 June 2024, the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have been engaging in accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. The EU wants and needs to provide a strategic response to new geopolitical challenges, especially the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. At the same...

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Western Balkans agriculture and rural development policy in the context of EU integration : the case of Albania and North Macedonia

Martinovska Stojcheska, Aleksandra; Zhllima, Edvin; … - 2024

The agricultural sector is a cornerstone of social and economic life in the Western Balkan (WB) countries. However, it faces challenges of slow productivity growth, limited access to assets, and vulnerability to external shocks like climate change. Agricultural policies are crucial to enhance...

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Investigating the efficiency of insurance companies in a developing country : a data envelopment analysis perspective

Čiković, Katerina Fotova; Cvetkoska, Violeta; … - 2024

Insurance companies play a pivotal role in the financial systems of developing countries, wielding substantial influence on systemic financial stability. Thus, understanding their efficiency, performance, and sustainability is paramount for policymakers and stakeholders alike. The aim of this...

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... economic reform programmes of Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo ; 2024

2024

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A Roadmap towards Circular Economy of North Macedonia

2024

This roadmap is designed to aid North Macedonia’s government in establishing a solid policy foundation for a successful transition to a circular economy. As an EU candidate country, North Macedonia has pledged to align with European climate objectives, endorsing the Sofia Declaration on the...

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Organisational structure of budget management : Directions for reform in the Western Balkans and the Republic of Moldova

Pot, Ferdinand - 2024

This paper studies the differences between the organisation of budget management in selected government administrations in the Western Balkans and the Republic of Moldova and good practice across the European Union (EU). It observes that the ministry of finance (MoF) in these administrations...

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Inter-municipal co-operation in the Western Balkans

Kurian, Monika - 2024

Inter-municipal co-operation (IMC) has proved to be a constructive and efficient instrument in many EU and OECD countries for solving several issues at the local government level, including the lack of resources, administrative fragmentation, the investment burden of individual municipalities or...

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Western Balkans Competitiveness Outlook 2024: North Macedonia

2024

Inclusive and sustainable economic growth in the six Western Balkan (WB6) economies depends on greater economic competitiveness. Although the gap is closing gradually, the standards of living in WB6 are well below those of the OECD and EU. Accelerating the rate of socio-economic convergence will...

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Making Dispute Resolution More Effective – Simplified Peer Review, North Macedonia (Stage 1) : Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Action 14

2024

Under BEPS Action 14, members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS have committed to implement a minimum standard to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the mutual agreement procedure (MAP). The MAP is included in Article 25 of the OECD Model Tax Convention and commits...

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The crisis is over, but its scarring effects are hindering recovery : economic analysis and outlook for Central, East and Southeast Europe : forecast report

Pindyuk, Olga; Grieveson, Richard; Hanzl-Weiss, Doris; … - 2024

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Editorial note: the impact of European integration on the Western Balkan countries

Kacani, Jolta - 2024

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Operational taxonomy of farmers' towards circular bioeconomy in regional level

Papadopoulou, Christina-Ioanna; Chatzitheodoridis, Fotios; … - 2024

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Western Balkan countries in green transition : assessment of results and challenges

Štreimikienė, Dalia - 2024

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Monitoring the SDSGs in Western Macedonia region, Greece

2024

The present report compiling and analysing data for indicators regarding the monitoring of the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for the Region of Western Macedonia, Greece, was developed under the expert contract nr. CT-EX2015D230484-102 between the European Commission and the expert...

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