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G20 and Emerging Europe: Is There Anything Left for the EU to Do?

By: Gligorov, Vladimir.
Contributor(s): Landesmann, Michael.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: wiiw Policy Notes and Reports: 3Publisher: Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2009Description: 5 S., 30cm.Countries covered: Visegrad countries | European Union | New EU Member States | SEEOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: This piece argues that three specific policy issues need to be addressed urgently in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe in order to avoid a sustained period of recession or depression: (i) orderly exchange rate adjustment (ii) fiscal stress and (iii) financial sector vulnerability. The G-20 Declaration supports significantly the role of the IMF in the current crisis, but there is a need for an additional determined effort by the EU.

This piece argues that three specific policy issues need to be addressed urgently in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe in order to avoid a sustained period of recession or depression: (i) orderly exchange rate adjustment (ii) fiscal stress and (iii) financial sector vulnerability. The G-20 Declaration supports significantly the role of the IMF in the current crisis, but there is a need for an additional determined effort by the EU.

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