New Europe 2005. Report on Transformation
Please download PDF files of the report:
Chapter I
Report Overview
Chapter II
Political Situation in Central and Eastern Europe in the Years 2004-2005
Chapter III
The Economic Situation and the Progress of Market Reforms
- Structural reforms
- Convergence of the Economic Growth of Accession Countries in Relation to the European Union
Chapter IV - Country Analyses
- Albania, Armenia, Azerbeijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia
- Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Russia
- Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Hungary
The purpose of this Report is to evaluate the progress in the process of transformation and economic integration of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in 2004 and in the first half of 2005. The analysis encompasses 27 countries in the region of Central and Southeastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The common feature of these countries is that in the years 1989-1991, they started a process of fundamental transformation of their political systems, aimed at building democratic states and competitive market 
economies. Report has been produced under the guidance of Prof. Dariusz Rosati, Ph.D., D.Sc.
The most important event of last year in the region was the accession of the eight states of Central Europe to the European Union. The experience gained from the first year of membership demonstrates that accession brought a number of crucial economic and political benefits for the new meber states. Developments in the situation in the region show also that European integration and and the pursuit of accession to the structures of the European Union have become an appealing and steady direction of the policy of the remaining states of Central and Eastern Europe. Recently, that direction has also been taken by certain countries from the area of the Commonwealth of Independent States. This demonstrates the success of the policy of the eastward enlargement of the european Union and confirms that economic integration is a factor in the political stability and faster economic growth of the countries undergoing transformation.
"New Europe. Report on Transformation" has been compiled by independent experts representing, among others, the Warsaw School of Economics, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Lazarski School of Commerce and Law, and the Foreign Trade Research Institute. The Report has been preparded on the initiative and with the support of the Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies and the partners of the Economic Forum: Ernst & Young and PKN ORLEN S.A.
Copyright Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies