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Economy: Reliance on exports proves a crucial flaw

By Jan Cienski in Bratislava

Published: July 28 2009 16:25 | Last updated: July 28 2009 16:25

Zdenko Stefanides, chief economist with Slovakia’s VUB Bank, walks over to his floor-to-ceiling window giving a panoramic view of Bratislava and points to a tract of industrial land near the bank’s headquarters, dotted with crumbling factories and warehouses.

“All of this was supposed to be under redevelopment,” he says. “But work has stopped because of the crisis.”

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