The significant fall in output was a common experience of all transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe in the early 1990s. This fall in output was to a large extent unavoidable due to the destruction of the existing structure of production as these economies moved to new, market-guided activities. While the output decline has been a common event in all these countries, the extent of output recovery, as the transition process has progressed, has not been the same. That is, while most countries have followed qualitatively the same steps, their growth paths have deviated significantly. There are countries with quite impressive growth performance, while others have lagged significantly behind.

产出的大幅下降是1990年代初所有中欧和东欧转型经济体的共同经历，这种产出下降在很大程度上是不可避免的，因为随着这些经济体转向新的、以市场为导向的活动，现有的生产结构遭到破坏。虽然产出下降在所有这些国家都是常见事件，但随着过渡进程的推进，产出恢复的程度却不尽相同。也就是说，虽然大多数国家在质量上都遵循了相同的步骤，但它们的增长路径却明显偏离了方向。一些国家的增长表现相当强劲，而其他国家则明显落后。这一版更好的结合实例来对转型经济体做更全面的研究。