CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research is a private, independent, non-commercial research institution founded on the idea that research-based policy-making is vital for the economic welfare of societies. CASE was established in September 1991 by a group of prominent Polish economists actively engaged in the initiation of Poland’s economic transformation in the early 1990s. These included Ewa Balcerowicz, Barbara Błaszczyk, Tadeusz Baczko, Władysław Brzeski, Krzysztof Chmielewski, Andrzej Cylwik, Marek Dąbrowski, Anna Fornalczyk, Stanisława Golinowska i Jacek Rostowski. CASE scholars and researchers assisted policy-makers during the early years of the Polish and central and eastern European post-communist transition. In the late 1990s CASE’s work began to focus increasingly on the process of European Union accession and the challenges facing the CEE region as the transition period drew to a close. Today, CASE works in the areas of macroeconomic and monetary policy, relations between the EU and its "eastern neighbourhood," labour markets and social policy, innovation and competitiveness, and institution-building and poverty reduction. CASE is active in more than 30 countries.
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CASE’s Mission
CASE’s mission is to provide objective economic analysis and to promote constructive solutions to the challenges of transition, reform, integration and development in order to improve the socio-economic well-being of societies.
Areas of Activity
CASE conducts independent, high-quality research and analysis in cooperation with scholars and institutions from Poland and other countries, advises governments, international organizations and the NGO sector. Center informs and encourage public debate, supports the development and independence of the NGO sector in post-Soviet countries through the creation of affiliates and representional offices.
CASE People
Chairman of Supervisory Council – Marek Dąbrowski Chairman of Advisory Council – Anders Aslund President of Management Board – Ewa Balcerowicz Vice president of Management Board – Artur Radziwiłł Vice president of Management Board – James Cabot
Publications:
CASE helps to inform public opinion through the dissemination of research results in the form of publications. CASE Reports – Popularize the results of select CASE research projects. CASE Studies and Analyses - also publicize the results of CASE research and advisory projects.The series was initiated in 1993. Polish Economic Outlook: Trends, Analyses, Forecasts – published since 1999. Presents economic indicators, analyses and forecasts for Poland’s economic development. The release of each new edition is marked by a press conference in which the authors present the latest findings. BRE Bank – CASE – have appeared since 1992. Each edition contains the essays and presentations of the latest seminar organized by BRE Bank and CASE. The BRE-CASE seminars span various topics and current issues in both the Polish and global economies, with the majority focusing on the development of financial markets and the banking sectors. E-briefs – are short pieces directed at a general audience in which experts explain the results of their latest research or comment on hot topics related to their area of expertise.
Network
CASE is a co-founder of a regional network of think tanks, which include: CASE – Belarus, CASE – Kyrgyzstan, CASE – Moldova, CASE Transcaucasus, CASE Ukraine Institute for Economy In Transition
CASE also cooperates regularly with: CASE – Advisors Ltd. CeDeWu Ltd.
CASE is a participating institution in six external networks: • The European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes (ENEPRI) • The Association of Russian Economic Think Tanks (ARETT) • The Economic Policy Institutes Network (EPIN) • The EUROFRAME - European Forecasting Network (EFN) • ERAWATCH Network • FEMISE
