Serbia’s public debt and fiscal deficit are lower than projected in the original program agreement between the IMF and the Government of Serbia. Moreover, fiscal restraints have not significantly hamp…
Analysing Income Inequality in Serbia – From Data to Policy
High income distribution inequality is bad for economic growth, both directly and as a potential source of significant political and social instability. Serbia has higher income distribution inequalit…
Cooperation of science and politics key to improving political processes
HOW AND TO WHICH EXTENT SHOULD POLITICAL ACTORS RELY ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH The director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Economic (FREN), Jelena Žarković Rakić, emphasized the importance of u…
European Commission – Network of experts in the field of gender equality
Within the Justice Department of the European Commission project is being coordinated by the Foundation Giacomo Brodolini from Rome. Cooperation with the Foundation Giacomo Brodolini on this project s…
Analysing Income Inequality in Serbia – From Data to Policy
The project was implemented with support form Friedrich Ebert Stiftung with main objectives to: • Analyse in detail the current state of inequality in Serbia and discuss its trends in the last decade …
Evaluation of the Youth Service Package and the Relevant Programmes and Measures Funded from the Republic of Serbia Budget and Targeted at Youth – Summary
The sustained deterioration of youth’s position after 2008 was manifested in employment decline, unemployment growth and decreasing labour market participation. A clear indicator of the unenviab…
Policy Measures to Formalize the Shadow Economy and their Effects on Economic Growth in Serbia
The Foundation for the Advancement of Economics has begun work on the project Policy Measures to Formalize the Shadow Economy and their Effects on Economic Growth in Serbia. The overall goal of the pr…
Migration as social protection: Analysis of Macedonian, Albanian and Serbian remittance-receiving households
The objective of the research is to investigate if remittances sent to Macedonia, Albania and Serbia serve social protection for household members left behind. In particular, we will analyse if and ho…
Strengthening the Labour Market Research Network-Toward the Understanding of the Political Economy of Unemployment in the Western Balkans
This project aims at the creation of a Labour Market Research Network of Excellence and Internationalisation. The project intends to consolidate recent advances in applied labour market research in th…
Manual for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Administration Policy Reform
In light of the creation of structures for systemic monitoring of public policies, as well as for their evaluation, a large number of civil servants will obtain new tasks which they have not encounter…