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Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: October 2000 )

Today, there are over 20 countries classified as transition economies. It is undeniable that a basic and essential challenge for all transition economies is still the attraction of investment and, in...

Today, there are over 20 countries classified as transition economies. It is undeniable that a basic and essential challenge for all transition economies is still the attraction of investment and, in...


Standards and Regulations in International Trade

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication summarizes the proceedings of the Round Table on Standards, Norms and Regulations and their Impact on International Trade, focused primarily on central and eastern European countries...

This publication summarizes the proceedings of the Round Table on Standards, Norms and Regulations and their Impact on International Trade, focused primarily on central and eastern European countries...


Polish Experience of Transition, The

Accomplishments and Problems

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: February 2001 )

This publication discusses the different aspects of transition Poland has experienced during the last decade. The guide looks at encouraging private entrepreneurship; problems of stock exchanges in a...

This publication discusses the different aspects of transition Poland has experienced during the last decade. The guide looks at encouraging private entrepreneurship; problems of stock exchanges in a...


Trade Finance in Transition Economies

Practical Ways to Support Exports and Imports

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: August 1999 )

The development of foreign trade in the transition economies depends largely on the availability of competitive exports and convertible currency funds for imports. This publication addresses practical...

The development of foreign trade in the transition economies depends largely on the availability of competitive exports and convertible currency funds for imports. This publication addresses practical...


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Social Monitor 2002

Social Trends in Transtion, HIV/AIDS and Young People, Quality of Learning in Schools

Series: Innocenti Social Monitor
( Print: November 2002 )

For more than twenty years, the children of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have had a strong ally in the MONEE Project. This unique research programme examines...

For more than twenty years, the children of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have had a strong ally in the MONEE Project. This unique research programme examines...


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Services in Transition Economies

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: July 2002 )

The rapid development of the services sector in domestic and international trade has been a major feature of the world’s economic development over the last thirty or more years. At the same time...

The rapid development of the services sector in domestic and international trade has been a major feature of the world’s economic development over the last thirty or more years. At the same time...


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Social Monitor 2003

Economic Growth and Poverty, External Debt, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Intercountry Adoption...

Series: Innocenti Social Monitor
( Print: August 2003 )

The Social Monitor 2003 looks at the most recent trends in income, population, health, education, crime, poverty, and child protection for 27 countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the...

The Social Monitor 2003 looks at the most recent trends in income, population, health, education, crime, poverty, and child protection for 27 countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the...


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Trade Finance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in CIS Countries

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: June 2003 )

This report is taken from the deliberations that took place at the workshop, Practical Aspects of Trade Finance in CIS Countries with Special Reference to Problems Encountered by Small and Medium...

This report is taken from the deliberations that took place at the workshop, Practical Aspects of Trade Finance in CIS Countries with Special Reference to Problems Encountered by Small and Medium...


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Building Trade Partnerships in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: February 2007, PDF: January 2009 )

This brief publication aims to provide useful information for formulating technical assistance projects for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA) countries. The publication provides a...

This brief publication aims to provide useful information for formulating technical assistance projects for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA) countries. The publication provides a...


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Etablissement de Partenariats Commerciaux en Europe Orientale, dans le Caucase et en Asie Centrale

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: March 2009 )

La présente publication examine les résultats de l’intégration commerciale dans la région de l’EOCAC. On y décrit à la fois le contexte historique qui a marqué la conclusion d’accords de libre-échange...

La présente publication examine les résultats de l’intégration commerciale dans la région de l’EOCAC. On y décrit à la fois le contexte historique qui a marqué la conclusion d’accords de libre-échange...


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Competing in a Changing Europe

Opportunities and Challenges for Trade and Enterprise Development in a Changing Europe

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: March 2007, PDF: January 2009 )

The accession of eight Central and Eastern European transition countries and two Mediterranean countries to the European Union was the most significant enlargement in scope and diversity in the...

The accession of eight Central and Eastern European transition countries and two Mediterranean countries to the European Union was the most significant enlargement in scope and diversity in the...


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Innocenti Social Monitor 2006

Understanding Child Poverty in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Series: Innocenti Social Monitor
( Print: December 2006 )

Since 1998 almost all countries of South-Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States region have shown signs of economic recovery. The Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 finds that while the...

Since 1998 almost all countries of South-Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States region have shown signs of economic recovery. The Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 finds that while the...


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Social Monitor 2004

Economic Growth and Child Poverty in the CEE/CIS and the Baltic States

Series: Innocenti Social Monitor
( Print: November 2004 )

The Social Monitor is an annual regional report examining the well-being of children in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The report...

The Social Monitor is an annual regional report examining the well-being of children in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The report...


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Market Surveillance in the UNECE Region

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: January 2005 )

The purpose of the UNECE Trade and Investment Guides is to assist countries in transition, as well as economic actors in other countries, in becoming familiar with best practices in the areas of trade...

The purpose of the UNECE Trade and Investment Guides is to assist countries in transition, as well as economic actors in other countries, in becoming familiar with best practices in the areas of trade...


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Innocenti Social Monitor 2009

Child Well-being at a Crossroads Evolving Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe and the...

Series: Innocenti Social Monitor
( Print: October 2009 )

After almost two decades of transition, the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region continues to be a region in a state of change. The report uses...

After almost two decades of transition, the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region continues to be a region in a state of change. The report uses...


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A Common Regulatory Language for Trade and Development

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: April 2010, PDF: December 2010 )

The publication examines changes in the regulatory landscape in the member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), including the recent trend towards “better regulation”...

The publication examines changes in the regulatory landscape in the member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), including the recent trend towards “better regulation”...