Slovak Republic -- Joining the Eu: A Development Policy Review (World Bank Country Study) (World Bank Studies)

Accession to the EU provides a window of opportunity to tackle those remaining challenges. This study suggests an eleven-point agenda for immediate policy action and a longer-term overhaul of major spending programs in the areas of education, health, and social protection. The success of this strategy is predicated on the enhancement of the country’s governance framework, particularly in the areas of budgeting, decentralization, and the justice system.

Book includes a fold-out map of the region.

A World Bank Country Study. World Bank Country Studies are published with the approval of the subject government to communicate the results of the Bank’s work on the economic and related conditions of member countries to governments and to the development community.