THE PRIORITY DIRECTIONS OF NATIONAL ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT
THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN THE REGION: ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCES
Svetlana Popović, Emilija Manić, Đorđe Mitrović
Abstract: Serbia wants to be the part of the European Community. To do that, it must fulfill certain conditions- not just formal, like the adoption of acquis communautaire, but also the essential– like the convergence of economic performances to be able to compete with more developed countries on the single European market. The paper shows that this task was major challenge even for economically more successful countries in the region. After short introduction, the second part of the paper summarizes similarities in the development model in former “Eastern Block“countries until 1990s’, differences in the privatization model and development model in new millennium. The third part analysis key economic performances of selected countries in order to point out the position of Serbia among neighboring countries and at EU level. Since the workforce is an important production and economic development factor, the fourth part of the paper analyses the demographic structure and its dynamics.
Keywords: transition, demographic changes
Published: p. 161-171
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