Public Finance Sectors Central and Eastern European Countries and in Developed Countries

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

Impact of Financial Liberalization on Banking Sectors Performance from Central and Eastern European Countries

In this paper we analyse the impact of financial liberalization and reforms on the banking performance in 17 countries from CEE for the period 2004-2008 using a two-stage empirical model that involves estimating bank performance in the first stage and assessing its determinants in the second one. From our analysis it results that banks from CEE countries with higher level of liberalization and ...

The Case for Euroisation in Central and Eastern European Countries

This paper discusses the issue of euroisation – the unilateral adoption of the euro as legal tender in five Central and Eastern European Countries. The sample consists of the three frontrunners Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland a runner-up – Bulgaria – and a laggard – Romania in the accession to the European Union (EU) and Economic Monetary Union (EMU). A preliminary survey of the current fixe...

HTA Implementation Roadmap in Central and Eastern European Countries

The opportunity cost of inappropriate health policy decisions is greater in Central and Eastern European (CEE) compared with Western European (WE) countries because of poorer population health and more limited healthcare resources. Application of health technology assessment (HTA) prior to healthcare financing decisions can improve the allocative efficiency of scarce resources. However, few CEE...

Developments in Selected Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Countries

FOCUS ON EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Q2/09 21 Slovakia, given that over the last few months the euro has appreciated substantially against a number of CESEE currencies. The accession negotiations with the EU candidate countries Croatia and Turkey have been proceeding. In the case of Croatia, negotiations are now ongoing in 22 out of 35 chapters and seven chapters have already been closed prov...