As part of the South East Europe Competitiveness Outlook for 2018, Crimson completed assessments for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The South East Europe Competitiveness Outlook is an analysis of reform progress across 15 policy areas key to competitiveness in economies in South East Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia. The assessment involves an analysis of more than 350 quantitative and qualitative indicators, across 15 policy areas/sectors in each country.

Crimson conducted assessments of the following policy areas/sectors in Kosovo and Macedonia: Access to Finance; Agriculture; Anti-corruption; Competition Policy; Digital Society; Education and Competences; Employment; Energy; Investment Policy; R&D and Innovation; State-owned Enterprises; Tax Policy; Tourism; Trade Policy; and Transport.