Europe's Troubled Region: Economic Development, Institutional Reform, and Social Welfare in the Western BalkansRoutledge, 2007 M12 21 - 288 pages The countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the province of Kosovo - form a core European region. The region is known for its instability and recent history of wars and civil conflicts, but far less is known about the changes that have taken place in the economic and social welfare systems and the dynamic processes of transition, development and European integration that have been taking place over the last twenty years. Although economic growth has been firmly established, many problems remain in relation to the labour markets where there is high unemployment, large informal economies, and widespread poverty. The book discusses the role of welfare reforms, international aid and European integration in addressing these difficulties. The author argues that the resistance to reforms which were initiated under the communist system in former Yugoslavia led to the break up of the country and that since then a group of early reforming countries have made fast progress in institutional reform and have been at the forefront of EU integration. He also acknowledges that the main problems have been among a group of late reformers including two international protectorates where aid dependence has held back progress with institutional reforms. The book concludes that the resolution of these problems will unblock the completion of the transition, development and EU integration in the region and open for the way for a more stable and prosperous future. |
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... Albania: inflation, 1991–2004 (%) 4.1 Bosnia and Herzegovina: inflation, 1994–2004 (%) 4.2 The 500billion dinar bank note, FRY, end of 2003 4.3 Serbia andMontenegro (FRY): inflation, 1994–2004 (%) 5.1 EBRD privatization and enterprise ...
... Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and its province of Kosovo. Apart from Albania, allemerged fromthe former Yugoslavia, andall are on the path of European integration at different speeds and ...
... Albania.More recently, Serbiahas maderapid progress in improving the business environmentandencouraging foreign ... Albania has been the growth leader and Macedoniathegrowth laggard, while Kosovo has fallen badly behind. Unfortunately ...
... Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.In Croatia, where public expenditure hasbeen higher, theIMFhas mandated budget cuts asa tool inthefight against inflation. Public expenditurehas been especially lowin Albania,undermining attemptstoprovide ...
... Albania anddispatched advisors to Tiranatoassist in Albania's programme ofpostwar reconstruction. In early 1948, a plan fora federalunion betweenthe twocountries was putforward by President Titoof Yugoslavia and Koci Xoxe, the Albanian ...
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