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Transparency, Scope, and Targeting of State Aid in the Western Balkans: A Key to Growth?
WEBecon Network has published the study “Empowering Western Balkan Economies: Attractiveness and Transparency of State Aid in the Region.” The link to the full analysis is available here. The goal of this study is to examine the types, amounts, and measures of state aid provided by the governments of the six Western Balkan countries to domestic and foreign […]
🚀 Our latest initiative aims to enhance transparency on #StateAid
Exciting Project Announcement! Our latest initiative aims to enhance transparency and gather valuable insights on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)-related #StateAid in the Western Balkan countries. We are on a mission to explore: What programs and measures does each WB-6 country have to support foreign companies, and how effective are they? How much state aid is […]
WEBecon is the only regional network of well-established think tanks working on solutions for the economic and social development of the Western Balkans
Our vision
The Western Balkan is a decent place to live, work and prosper.
Our mission
To support evidence-based and data-driven economic and social policies and reforms in the Western Balkan.
Our ACTION
Our work is concentrated around the following thematic pillars:
Growth and EU Integration
The pillar encompasses issues like growth strategies, competitiveness enablers and constraints, particularly in light of Western Balkan countries' strategic objective to become full members of the European Union.
Labor Markets & Migration
The pillar researches labor markets and skills, labor mobility within the region and the outward migration particularly of tertiary and VET-educated individuals.
Development Policies
The pillar comprehends a variety of development topics like poverty and inequality, state aid, economic diversification and all the policies related to.