Foreign Direct Investment in Central Europe and Differences in Transition between post-communist Central European Economies - Bok av Jan Angenendt - H The transition process from a centrally planned to a market economy followed a very different path in East Germany compared to all other former communist countries. The German Democratic Rlic acceded the Federal Rlic of Germany in 1990, while other former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) had to start from square one after becoming independent from the USSR. In contrast to other post-soviet countries, East Germany subsequently received massive transfers from the Western part.. SEK 816.00 1