ICT Industry: Breakthrough Scenario

13 October, 2017 Uldis Spuriņš and Emil Syundyukov

Many countries rely on the strong growth of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector as part of their development strategy. The p...

A Demographic Portrait of Latvia Today… and Tomorro...

31 May, 2017 Daunis Auers & Sergejs Gubins

Long-term demographic trends are dividing Latvia into two contrasting halves.

Brexit and its Impact on Latvia. Threat or Opportunity?

26 April, 2017 Marina Le Clere

This report analyses the Brexit process and investigates whether Latvia can benefit from Brexit-induced change in Europe.

Depopulation and regional development

21 October, 2015 Kārlis Krēsliņš, Andris Miglavs & Uldis Spuriņš

In just the past decade, (2004-2014), the size of the Latvian population has declined by 12%. Future forecasts do not provide grounds for optimism.

Access to finance

21 October, 2015 Andrejs Jakobsons, William Schaub, Ramona Rupeika-Apoga & Irina Solovjova

For a number of years, ‘innovation’ has been the European Union’s new “mantra”. Latvia has fully adopted the idea of setting innovation p...