News from 2019-11-08 / KfW Research
North-south, east-west – thoughts on Germany 30 years after the fall of the Wall
Germany can be proud of its achievements since unification and should stop rhetorically exaggerating the remaining economic disparities between its eastern and western states. What is needed is a regional policy that systematically addresses the needs of regions that have fallen behind – regardless of where we point the compass. Reducing regional disparities is a permanent task that should be relentlessly pursued. After all, regions that were initially quite homogeneous can drift in different directions as a result of the structural transformation, as shown by the slowly widening gap between northern and southern Germany.
North-south, east-west – thoughts on Germany 30 years after the fall of the Wall
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