Attila Bartha

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• 1997-1998: Groningen Rijksunivesiteit, Network Studies

• 1992-1993: Student with Tempus/Erasmus Scholarship at the Universidad Complutense de Alcalá de Henares (Spain) Université d'Aix-Marseille (France) and Université de Picardie (France)

Languages Skills

English: excellent
French: good
Spanish: good
Russian: basic

Key Qualifications/Expertise

• Macroeconomic convergence, factors of long-term growth and growth potential
• Macroeconomic and regional competitiveness
• Macroeconomic analysis: fiscal and monetary policy
• Short- and medium-term forecast: Hungary, Central-Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe
• Impacts of formal and informal institutions on economic growth

Professional Experience Record

Other Work and Teaching Experiences

• 2005 Sept.- Vice-president of the Hungarian Europe Society
• 2005 Aug.- Member of the 'Word Economy Lodge' (a special column of a Hungarian economic daily)
• 2004- Lecturer at the ELTE University, Institute of Social Policy
• 1998- Lecturer at the Corvinus University, International Studies Center, Széchenyi István College

Projects

• 2007- Mediterranean and Eastern European Countries as new immigration destinations in the European Union (FP6 Specific Targeted Project IDEA- Contract Number 044446)
• 2005: 'European Employment Strategy - Ways of Adaptability in New Member States. The case of Hungary supported by the European Commission DG Employment and Social Affairs (VS/2004/0707)
• 2004-2005: 'Gender Indicators Against Social Exlusion' FP5 EU Project
• 2000-2002 Brain Drain EU-project (EU ERBHP V2 CT 1999-07).

Publications (Selected titles)

2007      Business environment and poverty in Northern Hungary and Eastern Slovakia. UNDP project, in press
2007      Gender Equality in the Workplace. Genderwise. The role of men as agents of change in reconciling work and family life. European project co-funded by the EU.
2007      A munka és a kulturális normák szerepe Magyarország növekedési lemaradásában. The role of work and the cultural norms in the sluggish growth of Hungary. Külgazdaság (Foreign Economy) 3-4: pp 4-7.
2007      Real convergence of the new EU member states and the process of joining the Economic and Monetary Union. In: Hegedűs, István (ed.): A magyarok bemenetele. Tagállamként a bővülő Európai Unióban. The arrival of the Hungarians. A new member state of the European Union. Budapest, Corvinus University, Foundation of Democracy Researches, Hungarian Center. pp. 313-329.
2006      Megint a purgatóriumban. Magyarország gazdasági helyzete nemzetközi kitekintésben. Back to the purgatory. The Hungarian economy in a comparative perspective. Beszélő (The Voice), 2006 July-August, pp. 36-42.
2006      A sustainable recovery in Europe? (ed.). The Economic Outlook in Europe in 2006-2007. Summer Report, June 2006. EUREN, Paris, www.euren-network.org
2006      "Visszajáró svéd kísértet? Egy félreértés fogságában: a svéd modell álma és a kelet-közép-európai realitás." Return of the Swedish Ghost? Captured by a Fallacy: Dreaming about the Swedish Model in Eastern-Central Europe. Competitio, 4(1)
2005     "A versenyképességi tényezők meghatározása. Innováció, humán erőforrás- és KKV-fejlesztés, környezetterhelés." Defining factors of competitiveness: innovation, human resource and SME-development, environmental burden. Kopint-Datorg, Budapest
2005      Lessons from Nordic Countries. How to improve competitiveness? Paradigm Shift - Information, Knowledge and Innovation in the New Economy. Conference paper presented in Debrecen
2004      "A csatlakozó országok várható gazdasági fejlődése." Future Development of EU Accession Countries. In: Karsai Gábor /ed./: Az EU-csatlakozás középtávú gazdasági és társadalmi hatásai Magyarországon. Medium-term Economic and Social Impacts of EU Accession in Hungary. GKI- Kopint-Datorg - TÁRKI, Budapest
2003-2006           Chapter in Economic Trends in Eastern Europe: 'The New EU Member States and South-Eastern Europe.' Macroeconomic Development and Prospects' (4 times a year), Kopint-Datorg
2000-2003           Chapter in Economic Trends in Eastern Europe: 'The Hungarian Economy. Macroeconomic Development and Prospects' (2 times a year), Kopint-Datorg
2003      Real appreciation of Central European currencies: a new challenge for export performance. In: Henriot, Alain /ed./: The World Trade in 2003 and in 2004. AIECE, Centre d'Observation Economique de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris
2003      "Magyarország szomszédai mint versenytársak." Hungary and its Neighbours as Competitors. Kopint-Datorg, Budapest. /ed.: Bartha Attila, co-authors: Ádám Zoltán, Jutkusz Lilla, Klauber Mátyás, Matheika Zoltán, Palócz Éva, Pénzes Petra, Takács Gyula/
2003      "A cseh és a szlovén külkereskedelem reorientációja." Re-orientation in the Foreign Trade of Czech Republic and Slovenia. In: Köves András /ed./: Reorientáció után: Magyarország külgazdasági kapcsolatai Közép- és Kelet-Európa országaival. After Re-orientation. Hungary's External Relations with Central-and Eastern-European Countries Kopint-Datorg, Budapest.
2002      Costs of Joining the Economic and Monetary Union in the Real Economy. Learning from Southern European countries and from Ireland. Conference paper presented at Hungarian Economic Association conference /Szeged, Hungarian version/ and at MKT-ICEG conference /Budapest, English version/
2001      Economic Background of Human Development in the 1990s. Fiscal Policy Constraints on a Changing Social Policy. In: Fóti, K. (ed.): Human Development Report, Hungary 2000.
2000      Hungary: Bankers and Managers after State Socialism. In: Elites after State Socialism (ed. by John Higley and György Lengyel). Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 163-177. /co-author: Lengyel György/
2000      "Közép- és Kelet-Európa az ezredfordulón" Central- and Eastern Europe in time of the Millennium. Country studies: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Yugoslavia (Figyelő /Observer/, 2000(2):27-42)
2000      "Az autópálya hatásai a kistérségek gazdasági fejlődésére" Motorway Impacts on Economic Development of Sub-regions. In: Felzárkózás és EU-csatlakozás. /Catching-up and EU-accession/ Budapest: MTA Ipar- és Vállalatgazdasági Bizottsága /Hungarian Academy of Science, Industrial and Entrepreneurial Committee/, pp. 251-259. /co-author: Klauber Mátyás/
1999      "Mikro- és kisvállalkozások alkalmazkodásának és hitelezésének tanulságai a kilencvenes évek második felében." Adaptation and financing micro- and small enterprises in the second half of the '90s. CIPE- PRIMOM Foundation.
1999      "Regionális gazdasági fejlődési lehetőségek és regionális különbségek Magyarországon két 'új gazdaságföldrajzi modell' tükrében" Regional development paths in Hungary in light of two 'new economic geography' models (OMFB) /co-author: Hermann Zoltán/
1998      Managerial careers. (Acta Oeconomica. 49(1-2): 1-34. /co-author: Martin József Péter/
1997      "Bankárok: a magyar gazdasági elit domináns csoportja?" Bankers: the Dominant Group of Hungarian Economic Elite? (Replika. 25(3):67-86.) /co-author: Lengyel György/

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