View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201710181337-en.html]   Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: FISCAL POLICY RULES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS: AN EVALUATION GEORGE KOPITS global fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Discussant: Vladimir Gligorov, wiiw) FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2017, 11:00 AM (11:00 CEST) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, lecture hall (entrance from the ground floor) Against the backdrop of a challenging and fitful post-socialist transition and despite their diversity in culture, policymaking institutions, and governance, Western Balkan countries are aspiring to become members of the European Union. As part of their quest for EU membership, over the past few years, Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia have adopted fiscal policy rules. Although still at a relatively early stage of implementation, a preliminary evaluation of the design and operation of the rules—applying internationally accepted standards of good practice—suggests that their quality across countries is rather mixed. In the light of macroeconomic policy analysis and drawing on relevant experience elsewhere, a number of options are outlined for strengthening rules-based fiscal frameworks in the region, taking into account key attributes of each country, such as monetary policy regime, public debt sustainability, and administrative capacity. ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/e-361.html] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-361.html] for the event. Participation is free of charge. Best regards, Sandor Richter [https://wiiw.ac.at/sandor-richter-s-14.html] _Organiser_            Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw@wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic-...] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2017 wiiw, all rights reserved.