Baltic Rim Economies – Bimonthly Economic Review

The latest review of the Baltic Rim Economies, produced by theTurku School of Economics and Business Administration, is now available.

The review can be downloaded from here.

This 7 page document contains a comprehensive review of the economic development of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland. Each country section contains information on GDP, investment, sectorial growth, unemployment and other measures of economic development.

This edition also contains an article by Hannu Halinen, Director of the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) on economic cooperation within the Baltic Sea region. The article states that:

“One of the key conditions for strengthening competitiveness is acloser link between the economic actors andeducation/research institutions. Innovation and advanced technical solutions, especially in the field of SMEs, could be crucial for both market expansion and attracting new investments.”