Blog

Blogs represent perspectives, overviews, and opinions that employees and columnists from the Institute for Development and Innovation express on relevant economic and social issues. Blogs do not represent the official research and advocacy positions of the Institute for Development and Innovation.

PURCHASING POWER

There goes Mile, Sipping an espresso
Kostolac is the place with the highest value of the espresso index at 161, meaning that the average monthly wallet there, in terms of purchasing power, is 61% stronger than the Serbian average.

YOUTH

The Students the Locusts have Eaten
“Students eaten by locusts” refers to those who enrolled in and graduated from faculties whose profiles are not in demand on the labor market, or for which there is simply no need for such a large number of graduates.

MIGRATION

Who needs Countries Where Nobody Wants to live?
A piece of evidence supporting this claim is the fact that the number of residence permits in the EU for one year or longer issued to citizens of Western Balkan countries was around 56,000 in 2013, and approximately 154,000 in 2018.

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