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Accountability and Transparency in Central Banking

de Grauwe, Paul; Gros, Daniel - 2009

The study discusses the relationship between accountability and transparency in central banking and the role and scope of parliamentary scrutiny. Special attention is given to the consequences of the current crisis for this area. For the authors, the current crisis shows that price stability...

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Prudential supervisory arrangements and financial crises : A critique of the European Commission’s Impact Assessment on the revision of the CRD

Europe Economics (London, UK) - 2009

This document was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). It is a quick critique, conducted over a four week period, of those sections of the European Commission’s Impact Assessment (hereafter “the IA”) on the revisions to the Capital...

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Crisis Management, Burden Sharing and Solidarity Mechanisms in the EU : A follow-up study to Financial Supervision and Crisis Management in the EU

Kern, Alexander Professor Dr.; Lord, Eatwell Professor; … - 2010

The financial crisis that began in 2007 as a liquidity crisis for banks has transformed itself into a sovereign debt crisis that threatens the viability of the eurozone and the foundations of the European Union. In this study, we analyse some of the recent regulatory initiatives in response to...

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Workshop "The Impact of the Crisis on SMEs", Brussels, 1 February 2010

Saraiva, António; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Nowak, Maria - 2010

A workshop on the "The Impact of the Crisis on SMEs" was held in the European Parliament in Brussels on 1 February 2010. This document contains the programme, presentations and proceedings of that workshop.

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The impact of the financial crisis on European defence

Mölling, Christian; Brune, Sophie-Charlotte - 2011

The financial crisis may pose a risk as well as offer an opportunity for the European defence sector: on the one hand, it sounds plausible that shrinking budgets increase the pressure on member states to cooperate and thus overcome the EU’s problems related to capability development and...

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New Options for Strengthening Standards on Social and Environmental Responsibilities of Corporations and their Implementation

Kaphengst, Timo; Smith, Lucy; Hohnen, Paul - Ecologic Institute, Germany; Chatham House, UK - 2013

The negative external effects of profit orientated businesses on the environment and society are most visible and destructive in developing countries, where compensation measures for adversely affected groups rarely exist and where high corruption rates often impede meaningful enforcement of...

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Production and Use of Biofuels in Developing Countries

Wiggins, Steve; Stevens, Chris; Nussbaum, Ruth - 2009

Biofuels have gone from being hailed as a greenalternative to fossil fuels to being accusedof increasing global warming, causing loss offorests and other valuable habitats, and ofincreasing poverty in the developing world. This brief examines some of the key issues surrounding biofuels and...

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A Coherent EU Strategy for the Sahel

Simon, Luis; Mattelaer, Alexander; Hadfield, Amelia - Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit … - 2012

The Sahel region constitutes Europe’s southern geopolitical border. Any instability there will eventually find its way into the European neighbourhood and Europe itself. The present study examines the main challenges affecting the region and offers a critical evaluation of the 2011 EU...

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Occupational Health Concerns : Stress-Related and Psychological Problems Associated with Work

Guarinoni, Monica; Belin, Alice; Oulès, Lise - Milieu Ltd.; IOM Consulting Ltd. - 2013

The study presents recent trends on stress at work as well as an overview of EU and national measures to tackle this problem, especially in the context of the economic and financial crisis. The report also includes a number of case studies illustrating initiatives that have proven successful in...

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Förderung von Innovation durch die Strukturfonds Herausforderungen an die Umsetzung im Zeitraum 2007-2013 und danach

Blomeyer & Sanz, Guadalajara - 2008

This study aims at addressing three issues, i.e. the extent of Structural Funds support for innovation, the main … limitations to an effective implementation of Structural Funds support for innovation and possible ways to overcome these … different instruments for innovation support, - the effectiveness of Structural Funds support for innovation in 2000-2006 has …

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