We are glad to invite you to the  presentation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) 2012 Transition Report "Integration Across Borders."  The presentation will be made by the EBRD Senior Economist for Eastern Europe, Mr. Alex Pivovarsky. The event will be held onTuesday, February 5, at 17.00 (KSE, big conference room, 1st floor).

Presentation will be in English.

Please note that the Kyiv School of Economics is the only academic institution in Ukraine hosting the 2012 EBRD Transition Report presentation. Please do not lose your chance to attend it!

"Integration Across Borders" – the latest analytical report prepared by the EBRD to reveal the general economic impact of integration. Report analyses in a separate chapter the proposed European Banking Union and the impact that this may have on the rest of the EBRD region. The Report also presents a survey on the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan as the first successful example in regional economic integration between countries of the former Soviet Union. The new survey assessed early evidence of what the new Customs Union had achieved in the two years since the introduction of common external tariffs. EBRD economists believe that previous attempts towards economic integration in the post-Soviet space, such as CIS free-trade agreement, created little actual integration. Potentially the Union can bring further benefits such as improved cross-border infrastructure and strengthened institutions, argues the Report.