Samlet kan aftalerne dog medvirke til at begunstige rodfæstelsen af den demokratiske praksis og udviklingen af markedsøkonomien i samfund, der står over for betydelige overgangsvanskeligheder - Hélène Carrère d'Encausse erindrede om det for lidt siden.
Overall, though, the agreements can help to encourage the establishment of democratic practices and the development of the market economy in societies which are tackling the considerable problems of transition, as Hélène Carrère d'Encausse recalled just now.