This is the 27th edition of the economic report published by the World Economy
Research Institute assessing Poland's competitiveness as compared with that of other
countries.
The main aims of this year's edition are the following:
- to determine the competitive position of the Polish economy in 2011 compared
with other countries in the world, including other member states of the European Union,
- to assess changes in the competitive position of the Polish economy during
the global financial crisis and to identify the key factors determining these changes;
- to evaluate the competitiveness of Polish education, including its future
role in shaping the country's competitive capacity;
- to provide tentative scenarios concerning the rate at which Poland will be
closing its development gap with some other EU countries in Central and Eastern Europe
(EU10) and with the EU15 group of countries;
- to draw conclusions for economic policy and point out policy actions
necessary to improve the competitive position of the Polish economy in the next few years.
Table of Contents
Preface
PART I POLAND'S COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND COMPETITIVE POSITION IN
2011
Chapter 1. Economic Development and Real Convergence
1.1. Comparative Economic Perfomance in 2011 (Zbigniew Matkowski, Ryszard Rapacki, Mariusz
Próchniak)
1.2. Real Income Convergence (Zbigniew Matkowski, Mariusz Próchniak)
1.3. Income Inequality and Poverty in Poland (Patrycja Graca-Gelert)
Chapter 2. Poland's Competitive Position in External Economic Relations
2.1. Poland's Trade of Goods with Foreign Countries (Elżbieta Czarny, Katarzyna
Śledziewska, Patryk Toporowski)
2.2. Poland's Investment Attractiveness (Marzenna Anna Weresa, Tomasz Napiórkowski)
PART II DETERMINANTS OF POLAND'S COMPETITIVENESS IN 2011
Chapter 3. Assets and Their Productivity
3.1. Human Resources (Mateusz Mokrogulski)
3.2. Investment and Infrastructure (Ireneusz Bil, Piotr Maszczyk)
3.3. Science, Technology, Innovation: Poland Compared with Other Countries (Ziemowit
Czajkowski, Marcin Gomułka)
3.4. Total Factor Productivity (Mariusz Próchniak)
Contents
Chapter 4. Policies and Institutions and Their Quality
4.1. Economic Reforms and Stabilization Policy (Jan W. Bossak)
4.2. Financial System and Capital Market Development (Oskar Kowalewski)
4.3. Quality of Business Environment (Aleksander Sulejewicz)
PART III EDUCATION AND POLAND'S COMPETITIVENESS
Chapter 5. Poland's Education System in Transition
5.1. The Functioning of Poland's Education System (Stanisław Macioł)
5.2. Vocational Education in Poland in a Competitive Environment: Basic Problems and
Directions of Reform (Elżbieta Drogosz-Zabłocka, Barbara Minkiewicz)
5.3. The Impact of Employee Training on the Competitiveness of Polish Enterprises (Joanna
Żukowska)
Chapter 6. Changing Poland's Higher Education System: Problems and Challenges
6.1. The Legal and Institutional Framework for the Functioning of Higher Education in
Poland-Selected Issues (Jerzy Menkes)
6.2. Education in Poland's Largest Centers of Higher Learning as a Response to the Needs
of the Labor (Market Beata Michorowska)
6.3. Development of Higher Education in Poland - Toward Scenario Analysis (Tomasz Szapiro)
Summary and Conclusions: Poland's Competitive Position in 2011 (Marzenna
Anna Weresa)
376 pages, Paperback
