Roma in an Expanding Europe: Breaking the Poverty Cycle
- (Dec. 2004)
This publication brings together original sociological research, evaluations of programs, and the first comparative cross-country household survey on ethnicity and poverty. It finds that Roma poverty is multi-faceted and can only be addressed by a comprehensive policy approach that attends to all dimensions of Roma social exclusion.
Development of Non-bank Financial Institutions
- (Feb. 2004)
This paper assesses the role of non-bank financial institutions and capital markets in the financial sectors of the eight first-wave of Eastern European EU accession countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia), the current state of development and prospects for future growth, and the likely impact on these segments of the financial system of accession to the EU.
The Dynamics Of Foreign Bank Ownership - Evidence From Hungary, Volume 1
- (Aug. 2003)
The start of bank restructuring and privatization in Hungary provides a longer and richer amount of evidence than that available for any other transition economy. The authors analyze the dynamics of bank restructuring in Hungary focusing on the role of foreign ownership.
Unemployment Benefit Systems In Central and Eastern Europe : A Review Of the 1990s
- (Mar. 2003)
Faced with the prospect of high unemployment, many transition economies introduced traditional, OECD-style unemployment insurance programs. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate those programs by examining their distributive and efficiency effects.
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