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The Western Balkans: An Emerging or Obsolete Market?

The Western Balkans: An Emerging or Obsolete Market?

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26 Jan 2006

The Western Balkans: An Emerging or Obsolete Market?

About the Speech:

The Institute's Balkans group held a seminar on the economies of the Western Balkans and investment in the region. The keynote speakers at this event were Peter Sanfey, Senior Economist for the Balkans at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Stephen Dewar, Policy Consultant on TACIS & CARDS and a former UNDP Project Manager in FYR of Macedonia.

This seminar examined the business environment in the Western Balkans and its transition into mature markets. It touched on the prospects of successful development in the region, but also outline the significant obstacles and challenges. This included discussion of local administrative systems, the development community and prospects for Foreign Direct Investment. 

About the Speaker:

Peter Sanfey is a Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London. He has worked extensively on south-eastern Europe, with a focus on the western Balkans, and he was the lead author of a 2004 EBRD publication: Spotlight on South-Eastern Europe: an Overview of Private Sector Activity and Investment. He is also an editor of the annual EBRD Transition Report and the EBRD Working Paper series. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1985 with a B.A. (first class honours) in Economics, and received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 1992. He was a lecturer in economics at the University of Kent at Canterbury from 1992-97, before joining the EBRD in October 1997. His main research interests are in the fields of macroeconomics, labour economics and economies in transition, and he has published many articles on these topics in international academic journals.

Stephen Dewar, Policy Consultant on TACIS & CARDS and a former UNDP Project Manager in FYR of Macedonia

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