Bucharest convenes ECA: Romania's National Bank co-hosts.

The Bucharest edition of the Growth Academy convened twenty-two senior practitioners from across Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the National Bank of Romania, May 22 to 24, 2025. Lead-in reading: Greater Heights, Growing to High Income in Europe and Central Asia, the World Bank's regional study.

Headline thread: business dynamism in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with empirical anchors from Javier Miranda (Halle Institute) and Ivailo Izvorski (World Bank Chief Economist for ECA). Country teams worked from Poland, Romania, and Ukraine.