Former GDR catching up with west of country. - Since 1991, more than €1,300 billion have been transferred from West Germany to East, says a report by the Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) published to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. GDP per inhabitant in the Eastern Länder, which, in 1991, was only about a third of Western German GDP per inhabitant, has grown today to 70%. The Eastern average is expected to catch up with the weakest Western Länder...