The document summarizes economic growth and prospects in the Europe and Central Asia region. It notes that growth strengthened in 2013 to 3.4%, up from 2% in 2012, supported by increases in external demand. However, growth varied among countries, with energy and commodity exporters maintaining strong growth while others saw mixed performance. The outlook predicts sustained gradual acceleration of regional growth to 3.8% by 2016, although this depends significantly on the strength of recoveries in Europe and Russia.