Reformat e Manaxhimit Publik: Estonia
Public Management Reforms: Estonia

Author(s): Kristiina Tõnnisson, Tiina Randma-Liiv
Subject(s): Public Administration, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: ASET Albanian Socio - Economic Think - Tank
Keywords: Socio- Economic Policy; Political System; EU (European Union)
Summary/Abstract: The Republic of Estonia has a population of 1.341 million (January 2008), spread over an area of approximately 45,227 square kilometers. Since regaining independence in 1991, Estonia, compared to other CEE countries, has pursued a unique and radical reform strategy to create a functioning democratic state. The reforms have had a strong market-oriented focus. The absolute size of GDP per capita is relatively modest: EUR 17,600 in 2007. Estonia has experienced steady economic growth since 2007, when it reached 7.1 percent. In 1996, GDP per capita in Estonia reached approximately 34.8 percent of the EU25 average, and when Estonia joined the EU in 2004, GDP per capita reached 51.2 percent of the EU25 average, at an average of EUR 6,266.6 at current exchange rates. In 2007, GDP per capita in Estonia in Purchasing Power Standards was approximately 70.8 percent of the EU27 average (Eurostat 2008).

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