IMF Regional Office
for Central and Eastern Europe
Bas B. Bakker
Senior Regional Resident Representative
37C Zielna, 00-108
Warszawa, Poland
Tel: + 48 (22) 338 67 00
IMF Resident Representative Offices in Central and Eastern Europe
Regional Economic Issues Reports
CESEE Regional Economic Issues (REI) update
May 2017
Economic growth is broadening in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE). Further ahead, however, growth prospects will be tested by a dwindling workforce and weak productivity. Reaching Western European income levels would thus take longer, says the IMF in its Regional Economic Issues update on the region.
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Read IMF Country Focus: Central and Eastern Europe: A Broader Recovery, But Slower Catch-Up with Advanced Europe, May 11, 2017
News and Highlights
Video: CEE: Setting the Scene: the Global Economy in 2017 - January 19, 2017
Presentations
2017
Belarussian Economy: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - 7th Belarus Reality Check, Vilnus, June 21, 2017
Fiscal Policy and Growth Challenges in SEE, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Becici, June 17, 2017
The IMF and Eastern Europe, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Warsaw University of Technology, June 13, 2017
Macroprudential Policy Dimensions - Cyclical vs. Structural, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - NBP-OeNB Macroprudential Workshop, Krakow, June 9, 2017
The IMF, CESEE and Banking, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - 34th BACEE Regional Banking Conference, Budapest, April 10-11, 2017
Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Europe, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - 5th Regional Meeting of Governors, Umag, March 30-31, 2017
CESEE Economic Outlook, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Vienna Initiative Plenary Meeting, Luxembourg, March 6, 2017
Update on Foreign Banks Deleveraging, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Vienna Initiative Plenary Meeting, Luxembourg, March 6, 2017
Investment Dynamics in Poland, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Presentation of EIB report, Warsaw, February 27, 2017
Regional Economic Issues in CESEE, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Vienna, February 8, 2017
Global Economy in 2017, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - The Central and Eastern European Forum, Vienna, January 17, 2017
Belarus and the IMF, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - JVI Course - Financial Programming and Policies - Raubichi, January 25, 2017
2016
Main Risks for Belarussian Economy and Prospects for Belarus-IMF cooperation, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Workshop “Economic Environment for Businesses”, Minsk, December 14, 2016
CESEE: Remaining challenges for faster growth, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - SITE Academic Conference, Stockholm, December 5-6, 2016
Economic and Financial Issues in CESEE, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Vienna, November 28, 2016
Phoenix from the Ashes: The Recovery of the Baltics from the 2008/09 Crisis, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - CASE Conference, Warsaw, November 18, 2016
CESEE Regional Economic Outlook, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Minsk, November 3, 2016
Western Balkans in Post-Brexit Europe, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Bank of Albania & SEESOX annual conference, Tirana, October 27, 2016
CESEE and EU: Closing the remaining gaps, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - 26th Economic Forum in Krynica, Krynica, September 6, 2016
Cross Country Differences in Convergence in CESEE, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Conference "Traces of Transition: Unfinished Business 25 Years Down the Road," Stockholm, May 27, 2016
CESEE Main Economic Issues, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Regional Resident Representative - Commerzbank CEEMEA Day, London, May 20, 2016
A Strategy for Resolving Europe's Problem Loans, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - European Bank Co-ordination (Vienna) Initiative: Third Ukrainian Financial Forum, Kiev, March 15, 2016
Key Economic Issues in CESEE, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Regional Resident Representative - Parliamentary Workshop, Vienna, March 2, 2016
Challenges for Baltics as for the Eurozone countries having Advanced Economy status, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Regional Resident Representative - 4th European High-level Panel Discussion on Banking, Vilnius, February 4, 2016
Economic Outlook for 2016, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - The Central and Eastern European Forum, Vienna, January 19, 2016
World Bank Global Economic Prospects - Some comments, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - National Bank of Poland, Warsaw, January 11, 2016
2015
Belarus Macroeconomic Performance, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - Economy of Belarus: At a Tipping Point Conference, Minsk, November 4, 2015
Convergence of the EU new members states: Past, Present and Future, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - NBP-OeNB CEEI/CFEE Conference, Warsaw, October 16, 2015
Eurozone banks and Growth in CESEE, by Bas B. Bakker, Senior Resident Representative - The Fourth EU-Southeast Europe Summit, Sofia, October 15, 2015
2014
Recovery at risk? - CEE external vulnerability, by James Roaf, Senior Resident Representative - CASE, Warsaw, May 27, 2014
CESEE economies: Outlook and challenges, by James Roaf, Senior Resident Representative, Zagreb, May 23, 2014
CEE Economies After a Decade in the EU, by James Roaf, Senior Resident Representative, Warsaw, April 9, 2014
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About Us
The IMF Regional Office in Warsaw was established in February 2005, succeeding the Resident Representative office for Poland. Its primary task is to enhance the IMF's ability to carry out surveillance in Central and Eastern Europe, including with regard to financial stability, economic convergence and integration, and the jobs and growth agenda.
To this end, the Regional Office:
- complements the work of headquarter-based mission teams by focusing on post-crisis issues across the region;
- cooperates with regional partners within the Vienna 2 Initiative framework for safeguarding financial stability in the region;
- monitors and analyzes economic developments from a regional perspective, identifies policy issues, and informs the IMF's staff at headquarters;
- maintains contacts with governments, civil society and other relevant institutions (such as the European Commission and the ECB);
- provides information to the media and other interested groups about the IMF's economic analysis and policy advice in the region.
