Development Institutions in The European Economy

Marta Postuła is Head of the Finance and Accounting Department, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Poland. She graduated with honours in organisation and management and obtained her PhD in 2007 with a dissertation on public finance management in Poland during economic transformation and integration. Her career includes many years at the Polish Ministry of Finance, membership in supervisory boards of major state-owned and financial companies, and authorship of more than one hundred scientific publications on public finance and economic policy.Arkadiusz Garbarczyk is an expert in banking and finance with over 25 years of experience in the financial sector. He holds a solid academic background, having earned degrees in mathematics and economics from the University of Warsaw; his education is complemented by studies under a cooperative program with Columbia University. As a seasoned senior executive, including roles on management boards, he has gained unique expertise in strategic credit, financial, and operational risk management, as well as in overseeing liquidity and capital adequacy.

• Introduction Chapter 1. The role of the government in the economy – assumptions, influence and evolution Chapter 2. Government instruments in implementing economic policy and development institutions Chapter 3. Economic and Social Challenges of European Countries in the Era of Globalisation and of the Changing Economic World Chapter 4. The role of national and international development institutions in building the competitiveness of the European economy Chapter 5. The scale and instruments of development institutions' operations on the example of selected European countries Chapter 6. Assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of development institutions in European countries Chapter 7. Key challenges and directions of activity of development institutions in Europe in the era of economic and geopolitical changes taking place in the world