EU/EASTERN EUROPE: EAST BANK SAYS REFORM PROGRESS PATCHY, BUT PRAISES CANDIDATE COUNTRIES

摘要

Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia made advances on market reforms in 2003-2004, but progress across the region was mixed, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Issuing its latest "transition report" on Novembers, the Bank said EU candidate countries Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania had made the most progress in market reform. All three had made significant headway in banking and infrastructure, while Bulgaria and Romania undertook large-scale privatisations, the Bank reported.