Leveraging the shared priority of the six Western Balkan countries to join the EU is a promising way to promote collaboration in policymaking. About 80 percent, and more, of the domestic content of each of the Western Balkan economies goes into exports to other Western Balkan countries, but the total value of these exports is low. Between 2020 and 2023, private investment in the Western Balkan region averaged 18.7 percent of GDP, quite close to the EU average of 19.3 percent. Leveraging the diasporaThe Western Balkan region has fewer than eighteen million residents but more than ten million people in diaspora. Main fields for Western Balkan digital transformation: challenges and opportunitiesNote: AI = artificial intelligence; 5G = fifth generation; IT = information technology; EU = European Union; e- = electronic-.