Acknowledgements

This report was led by Mona Prasad, Emilija Timmis and Collette Mari Wheeler. Part 1 of this report was produced by the following core team: Andrei Silviu Dospinescu; Kristina Vaughan; Samuel Freije-Rodriguez; Nga Thi Viet Nguyen; Irene Zheng Ran Corinne Hu; Reena Badiani-Magnusson; Leonardo Iacovone, Lukasz Marek Marc, Natasha Kapil and Matija Laco.

Managerial guidance and direction were provided by Gallina Andronova Vincelette (Country Director, EU Member States), Lalita Moorty (Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia), Jasmin Chakeri (Practice Manager, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, Europe and Central Asia); Salman Zaidi (Practice Manager, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, Europe and Central Asia) and Franziska Lieselotte Ohnsorge (Manager, Prospects Group).

Eduardo Olaberria, Trang Nguyen, Michael M. Lokshin served as peer reviews for the report. In addition, useful comments received from Catalin Pauna, Desislava Enikova Nikolova, Cristina Savescu, Josip Funda, Emilia Skrok, Javier Baez, Corina Mirabela Grigore, Steven Juoy, Julie Biau and Annely Madeleen Koudstaal at various stages of production.

ALMP Active Labor Market Policies

BPS Business Pulse Survey

ECB European Central Bank

EU European Union

FDPs Forcibly Displaced Persons

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GHG Geenhouse Gas

HICP Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices

ICT Information and Communications Technology

IOM International Organization for Migration

NRRPs National Recovery and Resilience Plans

R&D Research and Development

SOEs State-Owned Enterprises

TFP Total Factor Productivity

UNHCR United Nations Refugee Agency