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Are autocracies gaining ground against democracies?

The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) has been analyzing and monitoring the quality of democracy, market economy and governance in 126 developing and transformational countries on a…

How to tap the mobile money opportunity in Emerging Markets?

McKinsey&Company estimates that the mobile money has the potential to reach over 1.6 billion new retail customers in emerging economies and to increase the volume of loans extended to individuals and…

Forget about Berlin, Dublin, Amsterdam - the new start-up hotspots are in Central Eastern Europe!

The World Economic Forum reports about some new unexpected places that have become new European start-up hotspots and they are all in the CEE region.

Ukraine: Dimensions of Transformation

Tadeusz" A. Olszański, senior fellow at OSW - Centre for Eastern Studies - just published reflections on "A Quarter-Century of Independent Ukraine: Dimensions of Transformation."

New Publication: Central Asia and the Silk Road

WU-alumnus Stephan Barisitz offers a comprehensive overview of the history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia up to the the very present.

New Publication: Expatriate Turnover Intentions - a Gender Issue?

WU-researchers Christof Miska and Günter Stahl examine this question together with two international fellos in a recently published journal contribution

Save the Date: FIW Research Conference ‘International Economics’ at WU

On November 9-10, 2017, the 10ths FIW Research Conference "International Economics" takes place at WU-campus

Save the Date

On October 24, Michael Ignatieff, Rector of the Central European University in Budapest, and WU-Rector Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger reflect on the role of universities in today's societies

Just released: OECD research on the future of global value chains

An OECD policy note gives the quick read on research describing scenarios for global value chains over the next 10 to 15 years. It indicates that the future of GVCs may look quite different from the…

World Development Report 2018

The launch of the World Bank's 2018 World Development Report (WDR) this week marks an important moment, as for the first time, the WDR is on education.