Contrary to popular beliefs a lack of funding has not been the biggest obstacle for motorway construction in the Czech Republic. What are the real issues?
Since joining the EU in 2004, the Czech Republic has become one of the continent’s busiest road transport hubs. The country urgently needs to modernize its motorways. But the economic crisis has turned the project into an...
The impact of climate change on agriculture in the new member states of the European Union, which potentially includes droughts, storms, hail, heavy rainfall causing flashfloods and pests, has been addressed by a number of...
The United Kingdom has decided to close the country’s regional development agencies. Can the British experience hold lessons for Europe and Central Asia?
Civic engagement plays a critical role in rural development. It can make important contributions given there are suitable investments in civil society.
In the 1990s, transition economies experienced both the privatisation of state companies and the creation of stock markets. But the paths that transition economies have taken towards sounder capital markets are far from...
Accession to the EU on May 1, 2004 has presented the Central and East European states (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) with a new set of policy challenges as regards the...
