News & Opinions
Measuring globalisation: A new database on economic openness - 06 Oct 2020
To facilitate research on globalisation and related issues, this article introduces a new data set with different trade, financial and overall openness indicators for 216 countries over 1960-2019. read more
What can be the way out of the impasse in Belarus? - 22 Sep 2020
All indications point towards an end of Lukashenko’s era in Belarus. But will this happen in an orderly manner or through a violent societal clash? wiiw Belarus Expert Rumen Dobrinsky reflects on possible scenarios for the succession of power. read more
A change of EU strategy in the Western Balkans is long overdue - 14 Sep 2020
New study by Bertelsmann Stiftung & wiiw evaluates regional economic cooperation in the Western Balkans for two decades. read more
Österreich & Osteuropa: Coronakrise stellt enge Wirtschaftsbeziehungen vor die größte Zerreißprobe seit den 1990er-Jahren. - 10 Sep 2020
Das wiiw präsentiert seine neue Studie zu Österreichs Wirtschaftsbeziehungen mit Osteuropa - wirtschaftliche Effekte der Krise und ihre längerfristigen Folgen read more
Stellenausschreibung: IT-Applikationsentwickler/-manager (M/W/D) - 30 Jul 2020
wiiw is looking for an application developer/manager (text is in German). read more
Deal on EU recovery fund and EU budget: Breakthrough or disappointment? - 29 Jul 2020
The agreement on the “EU recovery fund” is ground-breaking in important dimensions and will contribute to recovery in hard hit countries, but it comes at a high political price. read more
Why distorted pictures of Italy are poison for European policy debates - 24 Jul 2020
Recent policy debates concerning the EU recovery fund and public debt have strongly focused on Italy and kept reinforcing stereotypes on the country's economic governance read more
Uncertainty looming after elections in North Macedonia - 23 Jul 2020
North Macedonia held parliamentary elections to respond better to the pandemic, but uncertainty about the new government raises many questions read more
Turmoil in Bulgaria - 14 Jul 2020
The current protests reflect massive public frustration over the state of affairs in Bulgaria’s social, political and economic life during the last decade. read more
Decoupling of productivity from wages: a phenomenon of the Central European manufacturing core? - 07 Jul 2020
Experiences of productivity-wage decoupling in Central and Eastern Europe are diverse, but strongly linked to the countries’ industry structure. read more