Martin Stefunko will first give a general overview of Slovakia (politics, economics) before the reforms and after the reforms. He will then present what have been the most important reforms: Tax Reform, Health Care Reform, Pension Reform in order to show what are the positive and negative points of the reforms.

He will conclude with the political and economic prospects of Slovakia.

Date
Monday
22 November 2004
19h00-21h00

Location
Centre for the New Europe
23 rue du Luxembourg
1000 Brussels

The CNE Parliamentary Assistants' Forum is Brussels' leading venue for "free beer, free pizza and free trade". It also provides an environment for like-minded PAs to meet and network.

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Martin Stefunko has been recently awarded his PhD in Economics and the History of Economic Thought at the university of Bratislava. He is a prolific writer and journalist. A contributor to newspaper and publications such as SME, Trend, Domino Forum, OS and Hospodárske Noviny, he has also written many scholarly papers and contributed a number of chapters to various books.

He has also been a recipient of a Rowley Fellowship to the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, USA; a Národohospodár Foundation Award winner for Excellent Study Performance in an MA program, and a Penta Group Award winner for Outstanding Academic Performance.