The economy of Belarus is showing signs of rising levels of output with most industries increasing their overall output figures throughout May. At the same time foreign and domestic investment demand are exhibiting signs of recovery. However, this recovery does not itself necessarily signal a return to high output growth. The growth rate is likely to remain weak in the coming months and a new challenge – climbing inflation – might hurt the economy.

"Belarusian Yearbook 2013" is newly available.

Economic Determinants of Fertility in Belarus: a Micro-Data Analysis by Aliaksandr Amialchuk, Katerina Lisenkova, Mykhaylo Salnykov, and Maksim Yemelyanau was published in Economics of Transition.

The conference "DCFTAs and Beyond — How can the EU contribute to development and welfare in the Eastern Partnership countries" was held on June 4-5, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

On May 28, 2014 BEROC held the IV International Conference in Economics and Finance in Minsk. The main goal of the Conference was to integrate Belarusian economic community into the global academic environment.