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Central, East and Southeast Europe: Recent Economic Developments and Forecast

• Table: Overview 2015-2016 and outlook 2017-2019 (pp. 1)
• Figures: GDP growth in 2016-2017 and contribution of individual demand components in percentage points, EU-CEE, Western Balkans + Turkey, CIS + Ukraine (p. 2)
• Albania: Growth forges ahead (by Isilda Mara; p. 3)
• Belarus: On the road to recovery (by Rumen Dobrinsky; p. 4)  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Broad-based pick-up in growth (by Richard Grieveson; p. 5)
• Bulgaria: An on-going economic revival (by Rumen Dobrinsky; p. 6)
• Croatia: Economy overshadowed by Agrokor troubles (by Hermine Vidovic; p. 7)
• Czech Republic: Performance better than expected (by Leon Podkaminer; p. 8)
• Estonia: Growing at potential (by Sebastian Leitner; p. 9)
• Hungary: Strong growth performance in the first quarter (by Sándor Richter; p. 10)
• Kazakhstan: Oil exports on the rise (by Olga Pindyuk; p. 11)
• Kosovo: Election outcome unlikely to derail strong growth (by Richard Grieveson; p. 12)
• Latvia: Investment cycle on the upturn (by Sebastian Leitner; p. 13)
• Lithuania: Growth shifting into higher gear (by Sebastian Leitner; p. 14)
• Macedonia: Reforms now (by Vladimir Gligorov; p. 15)
• Montenegro: Fiscal Adjustment (by Vladimir Gligorov; p. 16)
• Poland: Unexpectedly strong start into 2017 (by Leon Podkaminer; p. 17)
• Romania: Boom continues (by Gábor Hunya; p. 18)
• Russian Federation: Sluggish reforms lead to sluggish growth (by Peter Havlik; p. 19)
• Serbia: Risks of backsliding (by Vladimir Gligorov; p. 20)
• Slovakia: Sustained robust growth (by Doris Hanzl-Weiss; p. 21)
• Slovenia: Growth boosted by investments (by Hermine Vidovic; p. 22)
• Turkey: Growth robust amid major risks (by Richard Grieveson; p. 23)
• Ukraine: Visa-free into the EU (by Vasily Astrov; p. 24)