Wed May 27, 2009 14:56 GMT |
Moldova is in the midst of yet another political crisis. By this, I actually mean that the country has entered a new phase of a pre-existing crisis – a crisis that yields valuable lessons on the broader significance of political institutions to a country’s risk profile. Fortunately, this new scene in the ongoing drama has… [Read more]
Tags: authoritarianism, Belarus, CEE, Central Asia, Constitution, crisis, Czech Republic, democracy, democratisation, Emerging Europe, Institutions, Legislature, Moldova, policymaking, Political Risk, political stability, political system, post-Soviet, president, Ukraine, USSR
Posted in: Emerging Europe, Geopolitics, Political Risk
Fri Nov 28, 2008 17:15 GMT |
If you think emerging Europe currencies have run their course to the downside, take another look at the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). This being the only European sub-region dominated by dollar pegs, monetary authorities for the most part have only recently succumbed to mounting fundamental pressures. While the Ukrainian hryvnia, Russian rouble and Georgian… [Read more]
Tags: Belarus, Currencies, depreciation, devaluation, Georgia, hrynia, lari, Rouble, Russia, Ukraine
Posted in: Currencies, Emerging Europe, General