Most countries in Europe and Central Asia have done well at increasing the incomes of the bottom 40 percent, which grew by an average of 3.8 percent from 2005 to 2010, faster than the income growth for the population overall. Even though these gains proved resilient to the 2008–09 global financial crisis, the region now stands at a crossroads. The crisis that abruptly halted a prolonged period of strong economic growth in the first decade of the 21st century has been followed by a tepid recovery, leaving many ECA economies at risk of economic stagnation.

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