Poland Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/poland/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:24:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png Poland Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/poland/ 32 32 How Poland Became One of Europe’s Best-Performing Economies https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-poland-became-one-of-europes-best-performing-economies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-poland-became-one-of-europes-best-performing-economies https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-poland-became-one-of-europes-best-performing-economies/#respond Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:24:15 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36248 For much of the past decade, Europe has been weighed down by prolonged economic stagnation. Growth has slowed, productivity has stalled, and even the continent’s largest economies—Germany and France among…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-poland-became-one-of-europes-best-performing-economies/feed/ 0 Poland: Unjustified political opportunism https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/poland-unjustified-political-opportunism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-unjustified-political-opportunism https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/poland-unjustified-political-opportunism/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:57:54 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/poland-unjustified-political-opportunism/ In 2010 the public deficit in Poland reached at least 7.9% of GDP. The public debt, in turn, balanced around 55% of GDP. In order to rescue public finance, the Polish government announced end of 2010 the dismantling of the reform of pension system. In the opinion of Polish authorities, this system (and especially its obligatory private component) is one of the major causes of the budget gap. This interpretation and the reform proposal, shifting majority of contributions currently allocated to fully funded private pension scheme (the second pillar to public pay-as-you-go long run, divide the Polish society and especially economists. The strongest and the most constructive opposition is led by prof. Leszek Balcerowicz – father of market economy in Poland.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/poland-unjustified-political-opportunism/feed/ 0 Poland: Time to come down from the clouds and face reality https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/poland-time-to-come-down-from-the-clouds-and-face-reality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-time-to-come-down-from-the-clouds-and-face-reality https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/poland-time-to-come-down-from-the-clouds-and-face-reality/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:27:20 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/poland-time-to-come-down-from-the-clouds-and-face-reality/ In 2009 Poland was the only country in the European Union (EU) with positive economic growth. This was a result of both good policy and favorable circumstances. In 2010 Poland is no longer the sole “green island” of growth in EU. Furthermore, the state of public finance is a growing risk factor for sustainable economic growth. Although there is some progress in implementation of structural reforms (as opposed to time wasted in 2005-2007), in our opinion fiscal challenges are still not addressed sufficiently.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/poland-time-to-come-down-from-the-clouds-and-face-reality/feed/ 0 The Polish Case – fiscal decentralisation https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-polish-case-fiscal-decentralisation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-polish-case-fiscal-decentralisation https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-polish-case-fiscal-decentralisation/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:05:02 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/the-polish-case-fiscal-decentralisation/ Abstract: The idea to compare the fiscal decentralisation and trends in this respect in the European countries is a core for the IREF project. This means that the strict rules of measurement of this complex issue, as fiscal decentralisation is, should be applied to all fiscal systems. Therefore I will follow the description how to generate the index of fiscal decentralisation invented and provided by the prof. Garello and Price . Nevertheless I will also describe and analyze problems which I have met when adopted this scheme into the Polish fiscal system.

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