People have enjoyed greater freedoms and opportunities during transition in Eastern Europe and the CIS. But have they seen improvements in their living standards?
According to the former Prime Minister of Estonia, flat taxes work well because they are simple, fair, and support the motivation of people to work more and to plan for their future. A progressive tax system, by contrast, is...
Many have argued that social purposes should be kept out of sectors seeking private investment, but this position may be too doctrinaire. A social tariff might not raise political risk compared with the alternatives.
Poland is regarded as one of the most successful transition economies. But it is also one of two countries in the Europe and CIS region in which absolute poverty rates have risen in recent years.
A group of researchers has designed a methodology that would use all available relevant determinants to measure the relative labour market position for each of Serbia’s regions.
Policies that promote greater equality are expected to lower poverty; however, if such policies fail to take into account internal household dynamics, they may actually reinforce inequalities within the same household.
The Belarusian government’s socially oriented policies have contributed to rapid growth of real income, to almost full employment and the reduction of poverty to one of the lowest levels in the CIS.
