Convergence between living standards of the JVI region and those of advanced countries has slowed down in recent years. As a result, GDP per capita in the region continues to lag significantly behind levels in Western Europe or...Read more >>

The 25th anniversary of the JVI offers a good opportunity to review the evolving training offer by the IMF. A lot has taken place in the capacity building activities of the IMF over the past few years. Most notably, the Institute...Read more >>

The decision taken by Austria 25 years ago to invest financial and in-kind resources into the establishment of a training institute to provide capacity building in economic and financial management in transition countries has...Read more >>

Why and how was the JVI established 25 years ago? What were the milestones in its development? For answers to these questions, Adam Gersl, JVI senior economist, interviewed Eduard Hochreiter, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)...Read more >>

Training Directors from the ministries of finance and central banks of the JVI’s target countries came to Vienna during March 27-28 to give us feedback on the work of the JVI and how it fits into their HR/training strategies....Read more >>