Based on experience from other countries in Central and Eastern Europe - such as Poland and Bulgaria - and on experience from other regions (for instance: Israel and Vietnam), Capital Markets Institute (Israel) and Sam Vaknin produced a report regarding:
Visa Liberalization: A Threat to Macedonia and Serbia? How many people are expected to take advantage of the visa liberalization regime and leave Macedonia and Serbia for good? How many students, white-collar workers, academics, and skilled laborers are expected to relocate? What will be the effect on remittances, foreign exchange reserves, and unemployment? How will the brain drain affect labor shortages in crucial sectors, education, research and development? How can Macedonia and Serbia take advantage of the communities of expats (expatriates) that are likely to form after the visa regime has been liberalized? The ABSTRACT of the report authored by Capital Markets Institute (Israel) is available to the MEDIA at no charge. Sam Vaknin is available for interviews. Call: +38970-565488. Thank you. Sam Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. (E-mail : [email protected], Mobile/Cell: +38970-565488) Associate Editor, Global Politician and Founding Analyst, International Analyst Network http://www.globalpolitician.com/search.asp?keyword=Vaknin http://www.analyst-network.com/profile.php?user_id=79 Chronicle Media Group http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/authors/view/941 United Press International (UPI) Articles Archive http://www.upi.com/search/?sp=t <http://www.upi.com/search/?sp=t&sLocation=sStories&ss=Vaknin> &sLocation=sStories&ss=Vaknin Issues in the economics and politics of economies in transition http://ceeandbalkan.tripod.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/conflictransition Author Archive of Political Columns in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html
