🎙️The economic power of EU accession is immense! Explains Richard Grieveson to Besa Shahini while discussing the transformative effects of integration for the Western Balkans.

Listen to our EU to go special podcast series 'Towards Enlargement': open.spotify.com/show/1xVsoiZJE…

Artikel in DER STANDARD zur ökonomischen und politischen Bilanz der EU-Osterweiterung mit unserer Wirtschaftsprognose: „Für die meisten Länder in der Region ist dieses Jahr viel besser als letztes Jahr“, sagt darin unser stv. Direktor Richard Grieveson.

20 Jahre EU-Osterweiterung: Großes Interview i. d. NZZ mit unserem stv. Direktor Richard Grieveson zu den wirtschaftlichen und politischen Auswirkungen u. unseren Zahlen: Auch wenn die Skepsis in den alten Mitgliedstaaten groß war, haben Westeuropa wie Osteuropa enorm davon profitiert.

Hot off the press: a special edition of our MR on 20 years of #EU #enlargement to Eastern Europe. How far along is EU-CEE in its economic catch-up process with Western Europe, why does it need a new growth model? What about social problems, brain drain?
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Zögerliche Hilfen werden für die ukrainische Wirtschaft zum Problem, die russische Kriegswirtschaft boom hingegen. Der Osten der EU wächst robust und Österreich profitiert davon. Richard Grieveson erklärt im Video-Interview mit Die Presse unsere neue Prognose.
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Summary of our new Spring Forecast for 23 countries in Central, East and Southeast Europe: Private consumption main driver of growth; geopolitical risks weigh; 🇺🇦 's recovery in jeopardy; 🇷🇺 's war economy at its limits, secondary sanctions could hurt. wiiw.ac.at/n-629.html

.wiiw #SpringSeminar2024 organised in cooperation MFA Austria Danube Region Strategy OeNB 13 May
i.a. w/:
Dumitru Alaiba
Heather Grabbe
Hannes Swoboda
Harald Stranzl 🇦🇹🇪🇺
Sebastian Schäffer
Clotilde Warin
Richard Grieveson
florian maringer
Vladimir Vano
Robert Stehrer
Register👇
wiiw.ac.at/spring-seminar…

📢 Join us on April 24th at 16:00 CEST for wiiw's Spring Economic Forecast webinar.
Economist Olga Pindyuk & Deputy Director Richard Grieveson will unveil new #economic projections for #CESEE in 2024-26.

Register here: shorturl.at/buTX9

#EasternEurope , #Ukraine , #WesternBalkans

Looking forward to discussing the economic outlook for the Western Balkans with World Bank colleagues and Branimir at wiiw on Monday. If you are in Vienna, link to register is below 👇

👉 Nach unserer gestrigen Veranstaltung geht es heute gleich weiter mit unserem #PeaceMatters Podcast! Stay tuned!

Joining forces with oiip is always a good idea when it comes to our traditional BiEPAG semi-annual meetings in Vienna.

Thank you oiip for hosting the full-house panel discussion with BiEPAG Members!

#Elections2024 #BiEPAG #WesternBalkans
#EU Enlargement #EU

The Western Balkans has been increasingly becoming a new battleground between democracy & autocracies.

Join BiEPAG members tomorrow at 6 pm at oiip to discuss the fight for democracy in the #Balkans & impact of the super-election year 2024.

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Hot off the press: New forecast for 23 countries in Eastern Europe. Falling inflation, rising real wages, interest rate cuts & hoped-for German recovery will provide a boost; 🇺🇦 's recovery in jeopardy; 🇷🇺's war economy overheating; inflation returning to normal.
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Proud to see our study with Bertelsmann Stiftung on the 🇪🇺's geoeconomic influence in its neighbourhood compared to 🇨🇳, 🇷🇺 & the 🇺🇸 in the best-of-books list of Foreign Affairs for 2023.
The review:➡️rb.gy/wxdb89
The study:➡️rb.gy/veb8us
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Ukraine's accession to the EU risks being derailed at today's European Council. In a new Jacques Delors Centre policy paper, Johannes Lindner, Romy Hansum and I show that the financial impact of a Ukraine accession would not be as large as is generally claimed: delorscentre.eu/en/publication…

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Hot off the press: Our new study with Bertelsmann Stiftung. The post-war reconstruction of #Ukraine faces significant regional challenges, making #EU support vital. The EU's cohesion policy and funds will be crucial in revitalising the economy of 🇺🇦.
Download: ➡️wiiw.ac.at/p-6718.html

Very much looking forward to hearing what Maciej has to say next week. For anyone in Vienna interested in Poland's economy in light of the recent election, the link to register is below 👇

Ein EU-Beitritt der #Ukraine ist machbar, sagt unser stv. Direktor Richard Grieveson unter Verweis auf unsere Studie mit Bertelsmann Stiftung in der #zib1 . Die bisherigen Nettoempfänger in Osteuropa würden ihn aber spüren.
📺Ganzer Beitrag: ➡️tvthek.orf.at/topic/Krieg-in…

#Jobs , jobs, jobs! We are hiring an Economist interested in regional and spatial analysis. More ⬇️
wiiw.ac.at/wiiw-is-hiring…

Pleasure to present our new study on Ukraine with Miriam Kosmehl Bertelsmann Stiftung at OeNB yesterday. Challenges (esp. demographics) are big, but Ukraine can feasibly follow the successful CEE convergence + integration path with the EU. Full paper here: wiiw.ac.at/outlier-or-not…