News & Opinions
wiiw’s health tax initiative moves its tobacco research forward with a conference and internal workshop - 06 Jul 2024
Experts and CEE policy makers in public health and taxation gathered in Vienna to present the latest trends and results in health tax policy in the region read more
Ingrid Gazzari and Michael Landesmann receive Decoration of Honour in Silver awards from the City of Vienna - 05 Jul 2024
Former Executive Director and co-founder of wiiw Ingrid Gazzari, and long-term wiiw Scientific Director Michael Landesmann have received prestigious awards from Vienna’s city government read more
Summer Forecast: Growth in Eastern Europe gains momentum - 02 Jul 2024
Sharp rise in real wages and private consumption main drivers of growth; Ukraine suffering from power cuts; Russia to grow by 3.2% in 2024; threatened US sanctions against third countries to take effect read more
Aufschwung in Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropa stützt Österreichs Konjunktur - 02 Jul 2024
Wachstum in Polen, Tschechien, Ungarn, der Slowakei, Slowenien und am Westbalkan hilft der stockenden heimischen Wirtschaft; China überholt Österreich bei neuen Investitionsprojekten in CEE read more
wiiw erweitert Vorstand und bekommt neue kaufmännische Co-Direktorin - 25 Jun 2024
Verena Nowotny, Shalini Randeria, Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell und Thomas Wieser neu im Vorstand; Birgit Buschbom neue stellvertretende kaufmännische Direktorin read more
Study: Ukraine’s economy has great potential - 12 Jun 2024
Six sectors could help Ukraine to succeed economically after the end of the war: renewable energy, rare raw materials, metal processing, mechanical engineering, the food industry, and IT read more
20 years after the EU’s Eastern enlargement: charting a path for sustained economic success - 11 Jun 2024
With the right industrial policies, the EU members in CEE can become a more strategic player in EU value chains, increase their resilience and close the remaining gaps with Western Europe read more
Spring Forecast: Eastern Europe recovery remains on track - 24 Apr 2024
Private consumption main driver of growth; geopolitical risks weigh; Ukrainian recovery in jeopardy; Russia's war economy at its limits, secondary sanctions could hurt read more
BRICS Plus: New World Order after the Pax Americana? - 08 Apr 2024
The political and economic interests of the heterogeneous group of countries are too diverse to seriously jeopardise Western supremacy. However, as a bloc, they would be in a position to pressure the West because of their huge energy reserves read more
wiiw is hiring an Economic Data Specialist (m/f/d) - 04 Apr 2024
Main responsibilities include data research, data preparation, data management and the deelopment of visualisations read more