Using the example of the Prespa Lake basin, the article looks at the challenges facing municipal waste management in the transition and developing economies of Europe and Central Asia.
The decentralization process in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was launched a decade ago as an ambitious reform project. Where does it stand now?
How have cross-border ‘hot spots’ in the Western Balkans become a key focus of environmental, crisis prevention, health, and regional development efforts?
Drawing on primary research that will be featured in UNDP’s upcoming report on social inclusion in Europe and Central Asia, this article presents some initial findings concerning levels and processes of social exclusion—as well...
This article describes how methodology from the European ‘Quality of Life’ survey has been used to measure social exclusion in the new EU member states and the candidate countries. These results indicate that, in most of the...
Economic growth is desirable in part because it generates employment. In some countries in the Western Balkans, however, the economic recoveries of the last few years have not succeeded in cutting the jobless rate.
