Growth in the Central and Eastern European Countries of the European Union

ByAbdul d Abiad, Ashoka Mody, Susan M Schadler, Daniel Leigh

January 3, 2007

Summary

The central challenges facing the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia as they work to catch up to advanced European Union (EU) income levels are discussed in this new book. Focusing on the region’s growth performance, and outlining two growth scenarios that illustrate the range of investment and productivity growth rates under the income catchup objective, the authors draw upon extensive resources to identify strengths and weaknesses.

Subject: Balance of payments, Current account deficits, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial markets, Income, National accounts, Personal income, Production, Productivity, Total factor productivity

Keywords: Baltics, CEECs, current account deficit, Current account deficits, East Asia, Emerging and frontier financial markets, EU membership, Europe, FDI financing, Global, IMF surveillance, Income, investment rate, OP, Personal income, Productivity, Total factor productivity, Western Europe

Pages:
64
Volume:
2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065543.084
Issue:
001
Series:
Occasional Paper No. 2007/001
Stock No:
S252EA
ISBN:
9781589065543
ISSN:
0251-6365

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