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Pakistan Publishing Market Profile 2006
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Education remains the driving force in the Pakistani book market, but the trade and children's sectors have also seen significant advances.Pakistan is now in a strong phase of economic growth (+8.4 per cent in 2004-05), and government funding into education has increased substantially, stimulating the higher education sector in particular (now three times larger than in 2003). The growing middle class in the country, mirroring similar growth in India, has expanded the trade market; demand and use of internet bookselling, and, in particular, private education, further consolidating the dominance of the education sector in the overall English-language market.
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Poland Publishing Market Profile 2007
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Poland is the largest country in Central Europe, with the largest open market for books. The country is benefiting from the European Union (EU), which it joined in 2004. After an economic slowdown in 2000-2002, the Polish economy grew more strongly than expected in 2003, and this growth continued in 2005 and 2006. Poland is an important and growing market for UK book exports. In 2005 it ranked the nineteenth largest global market in values for British books, and the largest market in Central and Eastern Europe for British books.
