## Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe; Regional Economic Issues, October 2013 - Table of contents

_Europe, October 17, 2013_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 17, 2013
- Series: Europe

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### Publication overview
- Title: FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER—RAISING THE GROWTH POTENTIAL OF CESEE
- Date: October 2013
- Series: Regional Economic Issues (REI)
- Focus: Implications of recent turmoil in emerging markets for Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE); macroeconomic outlook; prospects for longer-term potential growth; policies and reforms to boost growth and reduce high unemployment.

### Key questions posed
- What are the implications of the turmoil in emerging markets for Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE)?
- Why have some countries been more affected than others?

### Main report structure (contents)
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- I. Risks from Financial Market Turmoil
- II. The Potential Output Slowdown
  - A. The Post-Crisis Decline
  - B. Potential Growth Prospects
- III. The Rise in Unemployment
  - A. Post-Crisis Employment Losses
  - B. Is High Unemployment Structural?
- IV. Low Growth: A Challenge for Fiscal Policy
- V. Policies for Renewed Convergence
  - A. Addressing Crisis Legacies
  - B. Boosting the Tradable Sector
- REFERENCES
- Box 1. Labor Market Challenges in the Western Balkans
- Box 2. Structural Unemployment in Poland and the Baltics
- FIGURES
- TABLES
- ANNEX TABLES

### Languages and access
- Executive summaries available in: Gjuha shqipe; Босански; Makedonski jazik; Język polski; Românește; Русский; Srpski; Türkçe; Украïнськa мова
- Download options: Full Text; Download (as indicated)

### Report emphasis: findings and policy focus (as stated)
- Assess the macroeconomic outlook for CESEE in light of the latest global economic and financial developments.
- Focus on prospects for longer-term potential growth.
- Identify policies and reforms needed to boost growth and bring down on a sustained basis the relatively high rates of unemployment across much of the region.

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