| 1 | In the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia in transition to market economies, the number of people living in poverty has risen 20-fold. | |
| 2 | Last year the World Bank reclassified the country from a post-conflict to a transition country. | |
| 3 | While the direction is right - and the scope is impressive - the transition is not without troubles. | |
| 4 | A handful of investors are already quietly positioning themselves to cash in on this incredible economic shift. | |
| 5 | For developing countries, excluding those in transition, growth is significantly less than the rate of the pre-crisis 1990's. |