This report was commissioned by the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS), with the aim of assessing Poland’s Council Presidency in the second half of 2011. The first part of the study looks at the evolution of Poland’s presence in the European Union since 2004. In the second part, Poland’s preparations for the Presidency are examined in detail, including the set-up of the national coordination mechanisms, the role of the Trio Presidency and programming of the priorities.

This working paper was commissioned by the World Bank under the FAO/World Bank Cooperation Programme. It was written as a background research paper for the 2009 edition of the World Development Report. The paper elaborates on the history and theoretical background of the European Union’s rural and regional policies. In particular, it examines how the endogenous growth theory has influenced these policies.

This study addresses the new challenges stemming from data processing policies and systems falling under the scope of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. It identifies a set of common basic principles and standards for the genuine assurance of data protection in all the phases of EU policy-making and for the effective implementation of this fundamental right of individuals.

This study sets out to examine the impact and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights with respect to three EU Home Affairs agencies: Frontex, Europol and EASO. It assesses the relevance of the EU Charter when evaluating the mandates, legal competences and practices of these agencies, particularly in the fields of external border control and the management of migration.

This well-documented book analyses the possibilities and constraints of regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US (particularly California), with a specific focus on environmental protection, food safety and agriculture, biosafety and biodiversity.

With substantial contributions from ECRI Managing Director Karel Lannoo and Research Fellow Diego Valiante, a new report addresses the question of stewardship (or thoughtful ownership) in the UK and the European Union, after the financial crisis. Sponsored by the CFA Institute and the FGRE Foundation for Governance Research and Education and written in cooperation with ECMI, this report considers the potential inadequacy of stewardship by the investment industry and the degree of integration of corporate governance analysis in the investment process.

Labour migration has been on the agenda of many countries around the globe at the same time as governments of both sending and receiving countries have been trying to develop regulatory mechanisms. This book opens the debate on the global politics of labour migration by proposing a re-assessment of the interaction between states regarding labour migration.

Regional and bilateral liquidity arrangements have gained increasing prominence over the past decades, not least during the recent global financial crisis. This has important consequences for the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a crisis lender and raises questions regarding the relationship between these arrangements and Fund lending.

This book is a Spanish translation of a major study conducted by CEPS in 2008, with the aim of investigating the merits of a diverse banking system with a special focus on the performance and role of savings banks in selected European countries where they are still prominent (Austria, Germany and Spain) and where they have progressively disappeared (Belgium and Italy). The theoretical and empirical arguments that are developed in this book tend to support the view that it is economically and socially beneficial to have ‘dual bottom-line’ institutions, such as savings banks.

The normative justification for delegation to independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) is that they operate by using technical analysis and expertise rather than political considerations in their decision-making processes. Although delegation has been discussed as a design principle, systematic evidence on the conditions under which IRAs make use of scientific knowledge and how is still scarce.

This book is the outcome of a high level conference co-organised by CEPS, SUERF (European Money and Finance Forum) and the Belgian Financial Forum in November 2009 in Brussels. The papers focus on key challenges of crisis management of cross border financial institutions at the EU level The book addresses topics ranging from the collapse of the Icelandic banking sector, cross-border banking resolution and deposit guarantee schemes, while also examining the crisis management approaches of the European Central Bank and other lenders of last resort.

Economics of Monetary Union enables students to gain a firm understanding of the theories and policies relating to monetary unions. The author analyses the costs and benefits associated with having one currency, as well as the practical workings and current issues involved with the Euro.

Die deutsche Wirtschaft könnte laut einer Studie
bis zum Jahr 2040 europaweit absteigen und hinter das derzeit noch
schwache Polen zurückfallen. Diese Prognose hat die Brüsseler
Denkfabrik Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) am Montag in
Brüssel präsentiert. Schuld daran seien die Reformscheu und fehlende
Investitionen in die Bildung. Schon jetzt wachse die polnische
Wirtschaft im Schnitt zwei Prozent schneller als die deutsche.

Polen werde schon in 20 Jahren wirtschaftlich besser dastehen als