DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING COUNTRIES AND
INCIDENCE OF ECONOMIC STRESS FACTORS

Irina Simionescu, University Valahia Târgoviște, Romania
George Enescu, University Valahia Târgoviște, Romania

ABSTRACT: Emerging countries have had a spectacular evolution over the past 10 years and they
seem to have crossed the economic crisis better. This results from the analysis of economic
indicators. Which, then, was the social and economic stress accumulated for these efforts as
concerns emerging countries in comparison with developed countries? Is human resource erosion
higher in emerging or in developed countries?
This paper aims to identify and analyze stress factors faced by organizations and a population in
emerging countries given the tough economic conditions that crossing.
The analysis showed that stressors faced by emerging countries are experiencing high costs both
economic and especially social and long term these effects can be devastating to populations and
economies of these countries.

Key words: Emerging countries, economic stress factors, economic crisis, globalization, economic reforms

JEL Codes: O16; J24; Z13