POLICY BRIEFS

    Policy briefs are irregular publications of Finance Think. They are a product of the overall work of the think tank and can stem out of activities like: projects, brief analyses, published articles, round tables and the like. The policy briefs are considered powerful advocacy tool of Finance Think. They are intensively communicated with the associated stakeholders through being sent to the relevant government agencies or presented at mutual meetings and conventions, and are through the communication platforms of the Institute.

    Editions can be accessed here:

    Policy Brief 69

    How to address the invisible but daily challenges faced by inactive women in the labor market in North Macedonia?

    Policy Brief 68

    How is the budget planned and executed? A historical overview with a focus on capital expenditures and expenditures by users

    Policy Brief 67

    Effective and/or expensive? Did government’s measures to cope with the food and energy price crisis protect the citizens?

    Policy Brief 66

    How did LGUs deal with the energy and food price crisis?

    Policy Brief 65

    How large is the transmission of international food prices in the domestic economy?

    Policy Brief 64

    Are parafiscal charges an impediment to competitiveness? Number and optimization

    Policy Brief 62

    Does “My VAT” contribute to reducing the gray economy?

    Policy Brief 61

    How will the workforce move in the Open Balkan? Critical review of the proposed regulatory framework and the existing regulation on work for foreigners

    Policy Brief 60

    Gender-responsive planning in Prilep and Krushevo: Do local activities improve the lives of women from these municipalities?

    Policy Brief 59

    Soaring prices and households’ strain: Debunking some myths

    Policy Brief 58

    How large is our gray economy? How do key economic policies affect it?

    Policy Brief 57

    Participatory budgeting in rural settlements in the municipality of Krushevo

    Policy Brief 56

    What determines the transparency of the LSGUs: the budget characteristics, the political factors or the environment?

    Policy Brief 55

    Towards a sustainable increase of the minimum wage?

    Policy Brief 54

    Big economic promises, big failures?

    Policy Brief 53

    Child poverty in North Macedonia: Towards a better understanding of its complexity and multidimensional nature

    Policy Brief 52

    Vaccination saved at least EUR 2.8 million during the delta wave!

    Policy Brief 51

    Do employment measures provide equal access for men and women?

    Policy Brief 50

    The precarious workers through the corona-roller-coaster 

    Policy Brief 49

    Do subsidies create better companies? Or, do better companies get more subsidies?

    Policy Brief 48

    Investment and export support economic growth in North Macedonia, but only in the short run

    Policy Brief 47

    What are the potentials of export-oriented companies and how can the government stimulate the use of potentials after Covid-19?

    Policy Brief 46

    Agricultural workers – a silent victim of the pandemic?

    Policy Brief 45

    What made exporters vulnerable in times of Covid-19 crisis?

    Policy Brief 44

    How did the market assess the economic measures against Covid-19?

    Policy Brief 43

    To what extent will Covid-19 increase poverty in North Macedonia?

    Policy Brief 42

    Town Hall Meetings: Creating a budget according to local needs and priorities

    Policy Brief 41

    Was it necessary to provide financial support to companies to retain jobs during the Covid-19 crisis?

    Policy Brief 40

    Men and women on the labor market: (un)equal participation and treatment

    Policy Brief 39

    Coping with the economic effects of Covid-19 – measures that balance the liquidity needs of companies and the state

    Policy Brief 38

    Is it time to rationalize parafiscal charges?

    Policy brief 37

    Is there a potential for the domestic SMEs to link with the MNCs in North Macedonia?

    Policy brief 36

    Municipalities and Citizens: Together for a Better Budget

    Policy brief 35

    Progressive income tax: Much ado about nothing?

    Policy brief 34

    Social services at the local level: Experiences from the municipalities of Prilep and Dolneni

    Policy brief 33

    Will the social pension reduce the poverty of the elderly?

    Policy brief 32

    Highly educated but low paid: youth employment in North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro

    Policy brief 31

    What is the state budget, and what is the private cost of health for children?

    Policy brief 30

    How much does the state allocate for education and social protection of children?

    Policy brief 29

    Do domestic and foreign companies in the country cooperate?

    Policy brief 28

    The higher minimum wage and the life: Are the effects positive?

    Policy brief  27

    Local budgets and public procurement: Experiences from the municipalities of Prilep, Krusevo and Krivogastani

    Policy brief 26

    The Rule of Law and the Economy: The Case of the Value Added Tax for Individuals in the Republic of Macedonia

    Policy brief 25

    State pensions: Urgent reforms for Pension Fund rescue

    Policy brief 24

    Formalizing the informal waste collectors

    Policy brief 23

    Implementation of the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) scheme in Macedonia, through Integrated Case Management (ICM)

    Policy brief 22

    Universal health insurance in the Republic of Macedonia – effects of the implementation of the ‘Health Insurance for All’ project

    Policy brief 21

    Guaranteed minimum income for families at risk of poverty

    Policy brief 20

    Corruptive practices impede economic growth in Macedonia

    Policy brief 19

    From numbers to practice – identification and analysis of the indicators related to the quality of the didactic process in the primary education in Macedonia

    Policy brief 18

    New measures for new jobs

    Policy brief 17

    Could social mentorship increase employability in our country?

    Policy brief 16

    Are Macedonian government and public debt sustainable?

    Policy brief 15

    The gender wage gap is detrimental for economic growth

    Policy brief 14

    Active labor-market programs and policies: Challenge for the Macedonian labor market

    Policy brief 13

    Can we increase the minimum wage in Macedonia?

    Policy brief 12

    Emigrants’ money matters for the Macedonian social development

    Policy brief 11

    How to put remittance receivers under the social umbrella?

    Policy brief 10

    Economic empowering of women through mini-clustering of individual producers

    Policy brief 9

    Why women are less paid than man in Macedonia?

    Policy brief 8

    Local development or current consumption: For what purpose are municipal money spent for?

    Policy brief 7

    How to increase the effectiveness and utilization of the programs for poverty reduction?

    Policy brief 6

    Let’s alleviate poverty with new subsidies for crops

    Policy brief 5

    Market risks in the insurance sector: Can they destabilize it?

    Policy brief 4

    Economic research: A Sisyphus battle?

    Policy brief 3

    Domestic saving: Is it important for investment?

    Policy brief 2

    Financial stability: New instruments for the new time

    Policy brief 1

    To support domestic value added or to pray for foreign direct investment?