Emerging from regimes where private property was not the centre of business, most of the countries in the region have viewed privatisation as an important pillar of the drive to adopt a market economy during the last 12 years.
Izlazeći iz perioda vladavine režima u kojima naglasak nije bio na privatnoj svojini, većina zemalja u regionu su u poslednjih 12 godina na privatizaciju gledale kao na važan stub u procesu izgradnje tržišne ekonomije.