Abstract
In an area just slightly larger than New Jersey, Slovenia's 2 million people rattle around in a countryside of almost stunning natural beauty and in charming towns and villages frequently scattered with Roman ruins. But its small size and bucolic appearance are deceptive. Slovenia is one of the front-runners for inclusion in the European Union (EU) in the next batch of entries. It has one of the most successful records in rebuilding an economy since breaking away from Yugoslavia in 1991, after the breakup of the Eastern bloc in 1989. Its per capita gross domestic product (GDP), by one measure, has already overtaken that of two EU member countries, Portugal and Greece. Slovenia also supports a chemical industry that in 1999 contributed 11% of the country's GDP. In addition, the industry last year edged its way in front of that of much larger Slovakia in the annual statistics collected by the Brussels-based European Chemical Industry ...
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