Furthermore, wiiw focuses on macroeconomics,[13][14] trade, competitiveness, investment, the European integration process, regional development, labour markets, migration and income distribution.

It analyses the economies of 23 countries in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and provides a detailed forecast of the macroeconomic indicators of the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.

[27][28] Together with the World Bank,[29] the Institute regularly publishes the Western Balkans Labor Market Trends report.

[30][31][32][33] wiiw's proposal of a "European Silk Road" to build a high-speed rail link along two routes connecting Lisbon to Uralsk and Milan to Volgograd and Baku drew a lot of international attention.

With a total of 17 top 3 awards, the wiiw forecasts for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe are in no way inferior to institutions such as Oxford Economics (17), Fitch Solutions (14) or Raiffeisen Bank (10).