macro economic overview of eco countries 2002 2003 contents pages foreword 1 2 introduction 3 5 production and growth 11 inflation exchange rate 15 trade balance exports imports 23 foreign direct investment external debt 27 prospects for the regional economy in 2004 2005 29 key indicators table population 30 total labour force 31 4 unemployment gdp at current prices 32 6 per capita 7 33 8 composition by sectors 34 9 public sector revenues 35 10 share taxes expenditures 36 12 13 average 37 14 energy consumption 38 16 length railways 17 net ton kilometers carried 39 18 asphalted roads 19 number hospital beds 000 40 20 physicians