Economy Of Hungary During the two decades following World War II, Hungary was transformed from a predominantly agricultural land into an industrial-agricultural state. ... The GNP as calculated by the World Bank was about 26$ billion, or 2,470$ per person. ... The share of Hungary's NMP contributed by industry and agriculture has changed markedly since World War II. ... Before World War II Hungary traded primarily with Western nations, and the Soviet Union accounted for less than one percent of Hungarian trade. After the war, this pattern was reversed. ...

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The scale of Japan's growth is easy to demonstrate but understanding the reason is much more difficult, especially when this country was completely destroyed after the Second World War. The end of the Pacific War in 1945, should have economically and psychologically spelled doom for Japan. "By the end of the Pacific War the volume of Japan's industrial production was less than thirty per cent of her output in 1936. ... The total estimate of damage caused by the Pacific War to the Japanese General Wealth was 65 302 million Yen. ... Overall, the Japanese economy was the highest growth ...

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Introduction At the end of the 1990s, Ireland remained top of the OECD growth league and had the largest current account surplus in the world. ... It bears noting, however, that public policy has led to Ireland being one of the only countries in the OECD in which manufacturing's share in output has continued to rise, while it has fallen throughout Europe in recent decades. ... The transfer of about IR £9 billion at 1994 prices to the Irish exchequer between 1989 and 1999 through Delors I and Delors II arguably eased the challenge of fiscal stabilization, but only played a minor ...

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