The author uses tax-benefit models to assess the socio-economic implications of some of the flat tax reforms introduced in the region. She concludes that a flat income tax combined with a basic social allowance and some other...
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.
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...
In time, immigration might prove a viable solution to the slowly emerging demographic and labour problems in Poland, such as the aging population, negative population growth and labour shortages.
Job losses for Polish women in the state sector have not been offset by significant new employment opportunities in the private sector. Many women thus have been forced to migrate west.
A UNDP-initiated ‘Gender Index’ has helped promote gender equality among Polish companies by publishing a ranking of firms based on their commitment to recruiting and advancing female employees.
