On Oct. 12, Bosnians headed to the polls to elect leaders to fill federal and regional government positions, including the three-member presidency . The results are scheduled to be released Oct. 13, but no matter who wins the positions, the new leaders will have a hard time enacting meaningful political change because of the country's complex bureaucratic system and deep-seated ethnic divisions. Past efforts to create ethnic balance have made decision-making complex and inefficient, undermining the country's prospects for economic development. Unemployment hovers around 27 percent, and youth unemployment now approaches 60 percent. According to the World Bank, roughly one in five people in Bosnia-Herzegovina live in poverty. And according to the International Monetary Fund, the Bosnian economy will grow by a mere 0.7 percent this year.