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data and (facts and/or information)   Presented here are some social parameters for the Balkan states which emerged from the former Yugoslavia, as listed in The CIA world factbook 2013; the EU average values are used as reference (only Slovenia is currently an EU member). Although these parameters carry some uncertainness (like the lack of an account of "gray" economy, the perception of poverty and inequality in a particular country, the dilemma family or household for the Gini factor, and a general bias of social values by the so called developed countries), the parameters tell a strong story. For instance, are the Balkan counties aware how much they deviate from EU average, whatever that means, and that the drive for EU membership could result in a higher social inequality?

GDPppp - a nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) at pur- chasing power parity (ppp) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States in the year noted.

GDPppp per capita shows gross domestic product (GDP) on a purchasing power parity (ppp) basis divided by population as of 1st July for the same year.

Gini index - this index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged

from the poorest to the richest. The more unequal a country income distribution, the higher is its Gini index; if income were distributed with perfect equality, the index would be zero.

Unemployment rate is the percent of the labor force that is without jobs.

Population below poverty line. Definition of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

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