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Providing a ground-level view of how the business environment will develop in Eastern Europe in 1998, this report discusses the region by country, by operational issue and by industry. For each of the region's 27 countries it provides concise economic and political forecasts, picks out looming regulatory change and charts the operational trends of the next 12 months. It looks at 12 key areas of the business climate including an assessment of the likelihood of currency turmoil and asks whether corruption will continue to plague business. The report also examines the prospects for five key industries: automotive, banking, consumer goods, oil and gas, and telecommunications.