1.   Every one of these new members is either a developing or a transition economy.

2.   Inflation remained subdued in the advanced economies and declined further in developing and transition economies, the report said.

3.   The transition economies of Eastern Europe are, at best, treading water.

4.   And the system can range from a centrally-planned economy to a market-based one or even a transition economy.

5.   Karasin said Russia will push for recognition as a market economy, a move that would remove Western trade restrictions imposed on transition economies.

6.   Transition economies have a very good system of passing knowledge in a top-down manner.

7.   Unemployment remains high in most Central and East European transition economies, the study said.

8.   Many also come from the so-called transition economies of the former Soviet Republics and some portions of southeast Asia such as Laos and Cambodia.

9.   Only negligible amounts have gone to transition economies in the former Soviet Union.

10.   The expansion in the industrial countries will contribute to increased prosperity in the developing world and facilitate the further integration of the transition economies into the world economy.