Investment

Narratives and reality: China’s economic engagements in Africa

Do the facts match the vision that Beijing is offering to the African continent?

Transatlantic clean investment monitor

A comparison of clean-tech manufacturing and deployment trends in the US shows rapid advances but still under-used capacity

European clean tech tracker

This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe

The European Investment Bank can afford to take more risks

Significant reserves built up through decades of profit-making should enable the bank to absorb volatility of riskier investments

Productivity spillovers from FDI: A firm-level cross-country analysis

This paper provides cross-country firm-level evidence on productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment

Braver, Greener, Fairer

Should foreign companies still do business in China?

In which we discuss the uncertainties for foreign firms operating and wishing to invest in China

EU savers need a single-market place to invest

Proposals to leverage the single market to boost retail investment could lead to a product citizens will trust

The impact on the European Union of Ukraine’s potential future accession

This report evaluates the impact on the EU of a possible EU accession of Ukraine, focusing on economic consequences and institutional developments.

Spend it at home: current account surpluses in the EU

EU leadership needs to identify the factors that hold investment back and the incentives that could persuade investors to stay in Europe

Capital markets union - why now?

What is hindering the EU from achieving a Capital markets union?

The rocky road to EU accession for Western Balkan countries: obstacles and lessons from the Eastern Partnership

The three eastern European states had practically no waiting time before being accepted as candidate countries right after application

The EU needs a methodology for including reform impacts in fiscal trajectories

Such a methodology, and a governance mechanism for managing associated risks, must be in place before the new fiscal framework kickstarts in September

Broader border taxes: a new option for European Union budget resources

The purpose of this paper is to review the Commission’s proposal and to contribute new ideas for ‘genuine’ own resources