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Economic growth and trade in China, Eastern Europe and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the period 1986-1990
- Author: United Nations
- Main Title: World Economic Survey 1987 , pp 111-138
- Publication Date: January 1987
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/941ec4b2-en
- Language: English
During the first half of the 1980s, economic growth in most countries of Eastern Europe and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was, on average, less than during the preceding five years. The annual rate of expansion of aggregate output in Eastern Europe decelerated from 3.9 per cent in 1976-1980 to 2.2 per cent in 1981-1985 and in the USSR during the same period from 4.2 per cent to 2.2 per cent. In most Eastern European countries, performance remained well behind the plan targets for 1981-1985. This comparatively sluggish performance was widespread within countries. In every country for which data are available, the pace of expansion in agriculture, construction and industry lagged behind plan targets and, in many instances, trailed the achievements of the late 1970s. In addition, there were marked year-to-year variations in the recorded levels of economic activity. The fundamentals underlying the economic fluctuations and comparatively modest performance are complex. They range across the spectrum of key domestic and external constraints, some of which are chiefly exogenous and others the result of policy choices.
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