Monthly Report No. 2/2008
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Christian Bischof, Peter Havlik, Zdenek Lukas, Karl Mueller, Josef Pöschl and Arno Tausch
wiiw Monthly Report No. 2, February 2008
32 pages including 18 Tables and 3 Figures
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Current situation of the global economy: challenges and potential consequences
for Central, East and Southeast Europe (by P. Havlik and J. Pöschl, pp. 2-5)
Keywords: global economy, financial instability
Countries covered: Wider Europe, OECD, CIS
Topics: Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy -
Soaring grain prices driven by rising demand for food and biofuels (by Z. Lukas, pp. 6-12)
Keywords: food prices, grain, biofuels
Countries covered: EU, CIS, OECD
Topics: Agriculture and Food Industry; Energy -
Social exclusion and Europe's Muslims (by Arno Tausch, with Christian Bischof and Karl Mueller, pp. 13-18)
Keywords: Muslims, integration, Europe
Countries covered: EU
Topics: Labour and Migration; Economic Integration -
Selected monthly data on the economic situation in ten transition countries, 2006-2007 (pp. 19-29)
Countries covered: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine - Guide to wiiw statistical services on Central, East and Southeast Europe, Russia and Ukraine (p. 30)
Reference to wiiw databases: wiiw Monthly Database
Countries covered: Bulgaria, CIS, Croatia, Czechia, European Union, Hungary, OECD, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Wider Europe, SEE, Visegrad countries
Research Areas: Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy, Labour, Migration and Income Distribution, Sectoral studies