The source for this material is the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development--via a BBC news analysis.
GDP in 3 selected years as percentage of GDP at the fall of
communism (1989=100)
Country 1997
1998 1999 (est.)
ALBANIA 80
86 90
BULGARIA 63
65 66
CROATIA 76
78 79
MACEDONIA 56
58 60
ROMANIA 82
76 74
BOSNIA 30
34 36
YUGOSLAVIA 54
50 48
I don't know if the estimates for 99 were made before or after
the bombing.
Now we know why the Rambouillet peace agreement has the bit about
the free market economy. With these figures the population might
not want one, and they don't even tell about level of social
services or the distribution of income and wealth.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
