Economic newsletters (1998 - 2005)

The privatization process for the SMEs and large companies with teh exception of the strategic companies is reaching its maturation phase in both Entities. Substantial headway has been achieved during 2002 and teh use of vouchers/certificates through Public Offering of Shares is now completed also in the FBiH where the last phase took place in the [...]

Working in close collaboration with the World Bank, the Council of Ministers and the Entities have undertaken to develop a coordinated approach to reduce endemic poverty. Based on a World Bank format currently in use in over 40 other countries, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper draws on the empirical data acquired in the Living Standard Measure [...]

On 19 March 2002, the 10th Plenary Session of the CTF was held in Sarajevo. The session focused to a great extent on EU Road Map progress, bearing in mind that if conditions are all fulfilled, the EC could proceed with the next step in the Stabilization and Association process (SAP), namely the Feasibility Study on negotiating a Stabilization and [...]

On 19 December 2001, the Council of the European Union issued a Joint Action appointing Dr Erhard Busek as "Special Representative of the European Union to carry out the functions of Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe." Dr Busek thus succeeded Bodo Hombach whose mandate as Special Coordinator was to end on 31 Decemb [...]

In both Entities the privatisation program is now progressing at an accelerated pace. The first encouraging results obtained in the group of strategic enterprises are a sign that the restructuring of the country’s economy and its transition to a free market is on its way.

Economic Newsletter, Vol. 4, Issue 2, July 2001

Economi Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 2, April 2001

Content High Representative Imposes Package of Laws to Boost Economic Reform in BiH New Standardization, Metrology and Accreditation System in BiH Public Utilities and Implementation of Annex 9 ­ High Level Coordination Continues Railway Sector Trying to Regain Market Share Roadworks: Progress and Detours Progress in Telecommunications Privatizat [...]