The Central Asian Economies Since IndependenceThe 9/11 attacks, the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, and the oil boom of recent years have greatly increased the strategic importance of resource-rich Central Asia, making an understanding of its economic--and therefore political--prospects more important than ever. In The Central Asian Economies Since Independence, Richard Pomfret provides a concise and up-to-date analysis of the huge changes undergone by the economies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The book assesses the economic prospects of each country, and the likelihood that economic conditions will spur major political changes. |
Contents
vii | 25 |
4 | 38 |
Civil War and Its Aftermath | 61 |
30 | 83 |
The Realm of Turkmenbashi the Great | 89 |
40 | 95 |
50 | 103 |
Measuring Economic Performance | 107 |
65 | 130 |
The Role of Natural Resources | 143 |
71 | 146 |
3 | 159 |
Regionalism and Integration | 171 |
5 | 179 |
Shared Problems and National Economic Differentiation | 215 |
The Regions Rapid Reformer | 219 |
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