International institutions

Transformation studies are conducted by many international institutions located both in the countries of transition and in the highly developed Western European countries or the USA. The research area differs and includes studies covering only one sector of the economy or one country, but also complex studies concerning the whole economy in the entire region. The most useful are studies and publications enabling the comparison of the economic situation in the group of countries, e.g. on the base of specific indicators.

Following institutions can enumerated:

• international institutions collecting and analysing data for the social and economic situation in all countries in the world, including CEE countries,

• international institutions collecting and analysing data for given sector of the economy in different countries, including CEE countries,

• financial institutions collecting and analysing economic data, setting new indicators concerning transformation etc.