gdr ; collapse ; eco problems ; growing national debt

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debt to western nations grew throughout '80s to over?
DM40bn
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not insurmountable as st8 GDP was?
250bn
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lack of exports to generate what meant increasingly difficult to pay debts?
currency
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scale of problem can be seen in what report?
schurer-papier
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which was prepared for politburo when?
oct '89
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projected need to increase export surplus by over what % '90-'95?
500%
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in order to do what?
stabilise debt levels
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would've been completely unrealistic solution without what?
complete political and economic restructure
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much of debt been created by prev effors to?
increase exorts
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which required initially?
imports of various tech / resources to kickstart development
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imports especially of what also used to mntn living standards?
consumer goods
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in effort to gain hard currency what did GDR do with soviet oul?
resold to west
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by '83 made up what % western exports?
30%
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but this meant using what cheaper fuel in the GDR?
brown coal
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what was the beef with the conversion cost?
not owrth any short-term benefits 2 much internal investment
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combination of which two things added to sense domestic instability?
crisis management + growing currency debts
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new products from more traditional industries like machine building / electrical failed to compete with?
higher western technological standards
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some inferior goods accepted by who?
ussr
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exports of heavy industry dropped by what % '86-'88?
30%
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dire financial situation kept hidden by?
honecker (not much of SED even politburo knew)
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because he was always sensitive about?
how he was percieved
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and unwilling to face?
economic embarrasment
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restriction of economic info alarmingly included who?
gunter mittag
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in itself was this sufficietn enough to bring end GDR?
no
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FRG contd to?
prop up GDR
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and the level of national debt contributed significantly to hwat decision?
gorbachev's to not inc financial support for GDR from USSR
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USSR refused to do what as last resort?
lending to GDR
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and GDR were failing to maintain?
export surpluses
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and pay?
debts
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scale of problem can be seen in what report?

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