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Investment matters : the role and patterns of investment in Southeast Europe
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ISBN: 9780821378618 9780821378625 0821378619 0821378627 9786611991654 1281991651 Year: 2009 Volume: 159 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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The purpose of this book is to provide policy insights to decision-makers, academics and researchers on investment flows and patterns in Southeast Europe. The report explores some of the determinants of private investment, such as: the financing sources for investment, the contribution of FDI and the role of public investment. It finds that investment rates in SEE are substantially lower than among the EU-8 and the fast growing East Asian economies, which could explain partly the slower economic growth in SEE.


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Enhancing regional trade integration in Southeast Europe
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ISBN: 0821382594 9786612502200 0821382667 1282502204 Year: 2010 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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The Southeast Europe (SEE) region comprises a group of countries with a common objective, and prospect, to become members of the European Union (EU). To achieve the goal of EU membership, these countries have pursued closer integration with the EU as well as with each other. In December 2006, the SEE countries, and Moldova, signed the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), a comprehensive free trade agreement that aims to fully liberalize trade in the region as well as to achieve greater cooperation in a number of trade-related areas. This book is part of the World Bank's efforts to un


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Barriers to trade in services in the CEFTA region
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ISBN: 0821387995 9786613278951 1283278952 0821388363 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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The Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) was concluded among the countries of Southeastern Europe with the aim to promote further trade integration. The agreement states the objective to 'expand trade in goods and services and foster investment by means of fair, clear, stable and predictable rules.' While recent literature on trade in the CEFTA region has focused on analyzing trade in goods, the purpose of the paper is to identify the remaining barriers to trade in services among the CEFTA countries. The paper presents: (i) the economic and trade importance of the service sector in CE

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