Transition report 1999

The 1999 Report looks back at ten years of transition. In particular, it examines the forces that move transition forward and the constraints that have held back progress. Much of the analysis is based on a major new survey of over 3,000 enterprises in 20 transition economies, which was especially commissioned for this Report.

Part I of the Report focuses on conditions at the start of transition, progress in reform, economic performance and the links between these factors. Part II looks at how the state's role in the economy has been transformed by transition and at the political factors influencing the reform process. Part III examines how enterprises have responded to reforms and identifies the economic forces that encourage innovation and expansion of the private sector.