Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128186 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CASE Network Studies & Analyses No. 382
Publisher: 
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Warsaw
Abstract: 
The paper discusses the current and potential role of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in anchoring economic reforms in the countries of the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood. It claims that it is too early to assess the success of the ENP in this sphere especially given that the actual progress of the ENP agenda has been limited. A review of the empirical evidence on external reform anchors confirms that the ENP shares some features with the EU accession process that has proven to be an effective mechanism supporting major economic, political and social changes in the countries concerned. The eventual ENP economic offer is meaningful and integration with the EU is getting stronger public support in several CIS countries and among their political elites. On the other hand several factors limit the reform anchoring potential of the ENP. This paper offers recommendations on policies that could strengthen this potential.
Subjects: 
ENP
CIS
EU
political economy
economic reforms
reform anchoring
JEL: 
P16
P48
Y80
Z13
Document Type: 
Research Report

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