ISBN: 3540417753
TITLE: American and European Economic and Political Studies
AUTHOR: Welfens
TOC:

Foreword V
Preface VII
1.Introduction 1
2.The End of the Kosovo War 5
2.1 Western European Problems at the Beginning of the 21st Century 7
2.2 Eastern Enlargement of NATO and the Stability Pact 10
3. Initial Situation and Post-Kosovo War Problems 15
3.1 Legacy of the Socialist Past and Basic Data 15
3.2 The Stability Pact and the Stabilization and Association Process 29
3.3 Strategic Economic Issues 37
3.4 Donor Financing 38
3.5 Special Case of Yugoslavia 40
3.6 The Problem of Economic Catching-up 40
Appendix : Growth and Convergence in Open Economies 45
4. Stabilization of the Balkans: Stability Pact, Actors and Programs 55
4.1 International Actors: EBRD, World Bank, IMF 55
4.2 The European Union 63
4.3 Criticism of the European Union 67
4.4 Selected National Actors: The United States and Germany 69
5. Trade, Integration and Cooperation 75
5.1 Expanding the Existing Trade Network 75
5.2 Splitting-Up, Shadow Economic Growth, Integration and Globalization 81
5.3 Prospects for Economic Convergence 87
5.4 Transatlantic Cooperation and Policy Options 90
5.5 Forced EU Entry and EU Integration Overstretch 93
5.6 Potential Reforms 95
5.7 Big Business and International Organizations 97
6. Conclusions and Strategic EU Reform Perspectives 101
6.1 Basic Conclusions 101
6.2 Foreign Policy Dominating the Treasury 106
6.3 Improving Cooperation Among Actors in the Stability Pact 107
6.4 Problems in Transatlantic Cooperation 115
6.5 Euro Aspects of Eastern and Southeastern Enlargement 119
6.6 Long-Term Perspectives 122
Appendix 1: Trade Structure in the Balkans - The Role of the EU and US 129
Appendix 2: German Contribution to the Stability Pact 131
Appendix 3: Experiences with Coordination from Bosnia-Herzegovina 133
Appendix 4: Yugoslavia (Serbia / Montenegro) 137
Appendix 5 US Dollar Gross Wage Rates in Selected Transition Countries 139
Appendix 6: Theoretical Aspects of the Growth of the Shadow Economy 141
Appendix 7: International Financial Loans, Infrastructure Investment and Growth 143
Appendix 8: IMF Status of Fund Relations with the Region 145
Appendix 9: Progress Report on the Implementation of the Quick Start Package (QSP) 147
References 167
List of Tables 173
List of Figures 175
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