Office of the Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia

Industrial policy in Europe and Central Asia: Does it work?

Ivailo Izvorski

Institutions and EU accession: How countries prosper even before entry

Ivailo Izvorski & Joana Madjoska

Improve education to reach high income status in Europe and Central Asia

Ivailo Izvorski, Michael Lokshin & Iván Torre

Renewed business dynamism is needed to boost growth and convergence in Europe ...

Antonella Bassani & Ivailo Izvorski

What we’re reading about job tenure in European labor markets

Maurizio Bussolo, Michael Lokshin & Kevwe Pela

Region faces another year of weak growth amid high inflation and a cost-of-...

Ivailo Izvorski

Was the COVID Crisis a Source of Creative Destruction?

Miriam Bruhn, Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Dorothe Singer