Western Balkan Economies in Transition: Recent Economic and Social Developments

✍ Scribed by Reiner Osbild, Will Bartlett

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 176
• Series: Societies and Political Orders in Transition
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores the economic and social development of the Western Balkan region, a group of six countries that are potential candidates for EU membership. It focuses on the key economic issues facing these countries, including the challenge of promoting economic growth, limiting public deficits and debt, and fostering international trade relations. Given the severe impact of the recent economic crisis on social welfare in the region, it also investigates the nature and extent of social exclusion, a factor likely to produce future political instabilities if not effectively addressed by a return to sustainable economic growth. The contributions explore these issues in light of the major influence of EU policy instruments and advice, which are currently guiding the economies along an accession trajectory to future EU membership.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
The Western Balkans on the Road to the EU: An Introduction (Reiner Osbild, Will Bartlett)....Pages 1-13
The Western Balkans Regional Economic Area: From Economic Cooperation to Economic Integration (Peter Sanfey, Jakov Milatović)....Pages 15-27
Trade in Services in the Western Balkan Countries (Ivana Prica)....Pages 29-46
Higher Education and the Graduate Labour Market in the Western Balkans (Will Bartlett, Milica Uvalić)....Pages 47-59
The Labour Market, Social Inequality and the Role of Emigration: The Case of the Western Balkan Economies (Mehmed Ganić)....Pages 61-72
On the Way to Europe: Economic and Social Developments in Albania (Engjëll Pere, Will Bartlett)....Pages 73-87
Public and Private Debt: Recent Developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Jelena Poljašević, Jelena Trivić)....Pages 89-97
Trade and Industrial Development in Kosovo (Petrit Gashi)....Pages 99-121
Social Policy During a Decade of Centre-Right Governance in Macedonia (Maja Gerovska Mitev)....Pages 123-134
The Global Financial Crisis and Fiscal Policy in Montenegro (Nikola Fabris)....Pages 135-145
Economic Reforms in Serbia and Prospects for Economic Recovery and Growth (Will Bartlett)....Pages 147-163
Conclusions: Achieving Sustainable Growth Through Outward Looking Policies and Regional Integration (Will Bartlett, Reiner Osbild)....Pages 165-171

✦ Subjects

Economics; European Economics; Public Economics; Public Policy; European Integration; Development Economics; Economic Systems