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Ready to Join the EU?
This paper presents a new set of indicators concerning the status of economic
reform in the candidate countries for the enlargement of the European Union
which is scheduled for 2004. After an overview of indicators of institutional
development, macroeconomic policy and trade policy, a composite index is
derived. It turns out that the ranking of the candidate countries according to the
composite index diverges from the ranking provided in the progress reports of
the European Commission.
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