Publications - Finance Think https://www.financethink.mk/en/ Economic Research & Policy Institute Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:31:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-ft-favicon-01-32x32.png Publications - Finance Think https://www.financethink.mk/en/ 32 32 Macro-monitor 14(4) https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/MMonitor-Q42025.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25d0%25bc%25d0%25b0%25d0%25ba%25d1%2580%25d0%25be-%25d0%25bc%25d0%25be%25d0%25bd%25d0%25b8%25d1%2582%25d0%25be%25d1%2580-144 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:30:44 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/portfolio/%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%be-%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80-144/ The post Macro-monitor 14(4) appeared first on Finance Think.

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]]> Quality of Life 9: “What is key to improving quality of life? (2025)“ https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/QLife_No_9.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25d0%25ba%25d0%25b2%25d0%25b0%25d0%25bb%25d0%25b8%25d1%2582%25d0%25b5%25d1%2582-%25d0%25bd%25d0%25b0-%25d0%25b6%25d0%25b8%25d0%25b2%25d0%25be%25d1%2582-9-%25d1%2588%25d1%2582%25d0%25be-%25d0%25b5-%25d0%25ba%25d0%25bb%25d1%2583%25d1%2587%25d0%25bd%25d0%25be-%25d0%25b7%25d0%25b0-%25d0%25bf%25d0%25be%25d0%25b4 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:50:16 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/portfolio/%d0%ba%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%82-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b6%d0%b8%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%82-9-%d1%88%d1%82%d0%be-%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d0%bb%d1%83%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%be-%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4/ The post Quality of Life 9: “What is key to improving quality of life? (2025)“ appeared first on Finance Think.

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]]> Policy Brief 77: Why Did the 2025 Budget Underperform? https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PolicyBrief_no-77-MK-1.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=policy-brief-77-why-did-the-2025-budget-underperform Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:08:26 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/?post_type=portfolio&p=16457 The post Policy Brief 77: Why Did the 2025 Budget Underperform? appeared first on Finance Think.

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]]> Analytic report: Public procurement of municipalities: assessment of transparency and risks in Prilep and Krushevo https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Scorecards-1.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=analytic-report-public-procurement-of-municipalities-assessment-of-transparency-and-risks-in-prilep-and-krushevo Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:25:04 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/?post_type=portfolio&p=16403 The post Analytic report: Public procurement of municipalities: assessment of transparency and risks in Prilep and Krushevo appeared first on Finance Think.

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]]> Policy Study 58: Enhancing business productivity: A comprehensive analysis of productivity and its drivers in firms in North Macedonia https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Policy-Study-58_EN.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=policy-study-58-enhancing-business-productivity-a-comprehensive-analysis-of-productivity-and-its-drivers-in-firms-in-north-macedonia Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:07:49 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/?post_type=portfolio&p=16316 Authors: Marjan Petreski, Blagica Petreski

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]]> Policy Study 57: Transmission mechanism of Public Finance Management into (better) health and education outcomes in the Western Balkans https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Studija-EN-57.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=policy-study-57-transmission-mechanism-of-public-finance-management-into-better-health-and-education-outcomes-in-the-western-balkans Thu, 25 Dec 2025 20:46:26 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/?post_type=portfolio&p=16302 Author: Blagica Petreski

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]]> Macro-monitor 14(3) https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MMonitor-Q32025-1.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25d0%25bc%25d0%25b0%25d0%25ba%25d1%2580%25d0%25be-%25d0%25bc%25d0%25be%25d0%25bd%25d0%25b8%25d1%2582%25d0%25be%25d1%2580-143 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:15:24 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/portfolio/%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%be-%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80-143/ The post Macro-monitor 14(3) appeared first on Finance Think.

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]]> FT Comment no. 43 on the Draft Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia for 2026 https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FT-comment_43.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ft-comment-no-43-on-the-draft-budget-of-the-republic-of-north-macedonia-for-2026 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:27:01 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/?post_type=portfolio&p=16082 The post FT Comment no. 43 on the Draft Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia for 2026 appeared first on Finance Think.

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]]> Soft skills, hard results: the productivity impact of employer-supported soft skills training, with focus on women https://www.emerald.com/ejtd/article-abstract/doi/10.1108/EJTD-06-2025-0120/1306997/Soft-skills-hard-results-the-productivity-impact?redirectedFrom=fulltext&fbclid=IwY2xjawN8khZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeqwLxkGWw56sbRQcP3IaN8FpJYbSR67GlbTxqxbucr4rBMICqI185Cd_m8Kw_aem_M6pn3_jObwTOn95-aqyFwg&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soft-skills-hard-results-the-productivity-impact-of-employer-supported-soft-skills-training-with-focus-on-women Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:18:16 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/?post_type=portfolio&p=16049 The post Soft skills, hard results: the productivity impact of employer-supported soft skills training, with focus on women appeared first on Finance Think.

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]]> FT Comment no. 42 on the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of North Macedonia 2025 https://www.financethink.mk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FT-comment_42.pdf?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25d1%2584%25d1%2582-%25d0%25ba%25d0%25be%25d0%25bc%25d0%25b5%25d0%25bd%25d1%2582%25d0%25b0%25d1%2580-%25d0%25b1%25d1%2580-42-%25d0%25bd%25d0%25b0-%25d0%25b5%25d0%25ba%25d0%25be%25d0%25bd%25d0%25be%25d0%25bc%25d1%2581%25d0%25ba%25d0%25b8%25d0%25be%25d1%2582-%25d0%25b4%25d0%25b5%25d0%25bb-%25d0%25be%25d0%25b4-%25d0%25b8 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 09:08:33 +0000 https://www.financethink.mk/portfolio/%d1%84%d1%82-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80-%d0%b1%d1%80-42-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%bc%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%be%d1%82-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bb-%d0%be%d0%b4-%d0%b8/ The post FT Comment no. 42 on the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of North Macedonia 2025 appeared first on Finance Think.

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