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Executive Director Blagica Petreski Selected as an IMF Academic Fellow

🎉 Executive Director Blagica Petreski Selected as an IMF Academic Fellow! 🌍

This prestigious recognition is not only a personal…

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EU with Sharp Criticism of Fiscal Policy – Discussion on Bloomberg

Link to the interview.

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📣Read out newest FT #Comment 39, on the economic part of the EC Progress Report

‼️ Critical Points in Economic Reforms Highlighted in the Report:

Fiscal Risks 💸: Increased and insufficiently monitored overdue and…

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In an interview for Lokalno.mk, prof. Petreski speaks on current economic topics

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A paper in Economic Annals, regional journal in Scopus

📓 A segment from our #study on Policy 5️⃣1️⃣: Fiscal Space in the Western Balkans: Evidence from the Recent…

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Blagica Petreski in the podcast “Where’s the Money with Goran Temenugov”

1/4 (quarter) of women are housewives and outside the labor market

Around 250,000 women in the country are housewives and…

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Finance Think at the Forum of Civil Society Organizations and Think Tanks in Berlin

From October 9 to 11, our Marija Bašeska participated in the 2024 Forum of Civil Society Organizations and Think…

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Building Alliances for Responsible Budgeting in the Western Balkans

From October 2-4, 2024, the International Budget Partnership organized a meeting with partners in Belgrade, Serbia, focusing on 🤝💼…

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The causes of female inactivity can be addressed gradually and in the long term

Finance Think – the Economic Research and Policy Institute, Skopje, has published the study “Behind the Curtain: How Cultural…

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At “Café with Journalists”, we presented our latest Study

📍Today, at “Café with Journalists” we presented our latest 📖 Policy Study 5️2: Behind the curtain: Cultural norms, gender…

Executive Director Blagica Petreski Selected as an IMF Academic Fellow

🎉 Executive Director Blagica Petreski Selected as an IMF Academic Fellow! 🌍 This prestigious recognition is not only a personal achievement but also a significant opportunity for Finance Think to

EU with Sharp Criticism of Fiscal Policy – Discussion on Bloomberg

Link to the interview.

📣Read out newest FT #Comment 39, on the economic part of the EC Progress Report

‼️ Critical Points in Economic Reforms Highlighted in the Report: Fiscal Risks 💸: Increased and insufficiently monitored overdue and unsettled obligations. Fiscal Rules 📜: Non-compliance ahead of the start of

In an interview for Lokalno.mk, prof. Petreski speaks on current economic topics

Петрески: Во ситуација на истрошен фискален простор, оперираме на психолошката граница на јавен долг од БДП од 60%, бројка која ќе биде надмината следната година

A paper in Economic Annals, regional journal in Scopus

📓 A segment from our #study on Policy 5️⃣1️⃣: Fiscal Space in the Western Balkans: Evidence from the Recent Multilayered Crisis has been published in the regional scientific journal Economic

Blagica Petreski in the podcast “Where’s the Money with Goran Temenugov”

1/4 (quarter) of women are housewives and outside the labor market Around 250,000 women in the country are housewives and outside the labor market, at a time when companies are

Finance Think at the Forum of Civil Society Organizations and Think Tanks in Berlin

From October 9 to 11, our Marija Bašeska participated in the 2024 Forum of Civil Society Organizations and Think Tanks, organized within the framework of the Berlin Process. Over the

Building Alliances for Responsible Budgeting in the Western Balkans

From October 2-4, 2024, the International Budget Partnership organized a meeting with partners in Belgrade, Serbia, focusing on 🤝💼 building alliances for responsible budgeting in the Western Balkans. Finance Think

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