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25 Years of Transition—Lessons for
the future?
Torbjörn Becker, Director of SITE
torbjorn.becker@hhs.se
What are the relevant dimensions?
Income
Health
Political freedom
Civil liberties
Rule of law
Government institutions
Market structure
Income distribution
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Economic Transitions (GDP/cap PPP)
CIS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, (Georgia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, (Turkmenistan), (Ukraine), UzbekistanEU10: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia
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Top EU10
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Human Development Index
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0.65
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Life expectancy at birth
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Civil liberties
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Transition so far
Transition is not just about economics and income
Lot’s of progress in many dimensions
“New” EU10 member states have made more progress than CIS countries in along most dimensions
More convergence among EU10 countries than among CIS countries
Diverging trends in terms of civil liberties and political rights between EU10 and CIS countries
The transition process still has some ways to go in most countries and along several dimensions
But overall, it was NOT better before!
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