Challenges and Prospects of Structural Changes in Serbia: Strategic Directions for Economic Development and Harmonization with EU Requirements

The subject of the research is to identify key structural issues of Serbian economy, as well as to determine necessary directions and strategies for implementation of structural adjustments. These strategies should increase national and international competitiveness, enhance overall development and harmonize economic structure with the EU and IMF requirements. The project consists of five parts. The first part deals with the analysis of transition changes and evaluation of the current situation in Serbian economy. Special attention will be paid to the influence of the world financial crisis on Serbian economy. The second refers to macro-economic framework of structural adjustments, especially on necessary reforms of real and financial sector of Serbian economy. The third deals with analysis of challenges and perspectives of enterprises' restructuring, and transformation. The fourth covers labour economics, particularly issues of employment and job creation. The fifth deals with of competitiveness issues and national brand of Serbia. On the project 43 researchers, from several scientific institutions, will present their results at the certain number of international and regional scientific conferences, as well as in monographs, articles and other publications. Research within this project will therefore significantly improve scientific knowledge in the field of structural economic changes and bring practical benefits to wider number of beneficiaries and society in general.