World Bank estimates Poland's shadow economy at 29.1% of GDP.

By bne IntelliNews October 14, 2010
Poland's shadow economy constitutes 29.1% of the country's GDP, according to a report by the World Bank cited by the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna . This result puts Poland on the 52th spot on the WB's ranking of 162 countries The newspaper compares these estimates to the data by the Polish stats office GUS, under which the informal economy made up 12.8% of GDP in 2007 and 11.8% in 2008. tom

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