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The Central Asian Economies since Independence.
The 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 Sin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Initial Conditions and Choice of Economic Policies
- 1.2 Economic Growth Performance Since Independence
- 1.3 Distribution
- 1.4 The Situation in the Early 2000s
- 1.5 Conclusions
- I. The National Economies
- 2. Uzbekistan: Economic Gradualism and Political Stability
- 2.1 The Uzbek Paradox, 1991-97
- 2.2 The Reintroduction of Exchange Controls
- 2.3 The Economy in the Early 2000s
- 2.4 Conclusions
- 3. Kazakhstan: Oil-Boom Economy
- 3.1 A Two-Part History
- 3.2 Macroeconomic Performance during the 1990s
- 3.3 Privatization
- 3.4 The Oil, Gas, and Minerals Sectors
- 3.5 Agriculture
- 3.6 Is Economic Diversification Necessary to Avoid the Natural Resource Curse?
- 3.7 The Social Sectors
- 3.8 Conclusions
- 4. Tajikistan: Civil War and Its Aftermath
- 4.1 The Political Background
- 4.2 Economic Performance
- 4.3 Economic Policies
- 4.4 Social Indicators and the Quality of Life
- 4.5 Conclusions
- 5. The Kyrgyz Republic: The Region's Rapid Reformer
- 5.1 Creating a Market Economy
- 5.2 Developments in the Real Economy
- 5.3 Foreign Aid and External Debt
- 5.4 Health, Education, and Social Services
- 5.5 Conclusions
- 6. Turkmenistan: The Realm of Turkmenbashi the Great
- 6.1 The Political Background
- 6.2 Initial Conditions and Economic Strategy
- 6.3 Economic Performance
- 6.4 Sustainability
- 6.5 Conclusions
- II. Economic Performance
- 7. Measuring Economic Performance
- 7.1 National-Accounts Measures of Output
- 7.2 National-Accounts Measures and Material Well-Being
- 7.3 Survey Evidence
- 7.4 Other Considerations
- 7.5 Conclusions: Putting It All Together
- 8. Winners and Losers
- 8.1 Household Survey Data from the 1990s
- 8.2 Household Location
- 8.3 Household Composition
- 8.4 Education and Health
- 8.5 Demographic Traits and Year
- 8.6 Summary and Relations to Other Research
- 8.7 Conclusions
- III. The International Context
- 9. The Role of Natural Resources
- 9.1 Cotton
- 9.2 Oil and Natural Gas
- 9.3 Minerals
- 9.4 Hydroelectricity
- 9.5 Other Natural Resources
- 9.6 Natural Resources and Economic Growth
- 9.7 Conclusions
- Appendix: Measuring the Transfers from the Cotton Sector
- 10. International Economic Policies: Regionalism and Integration into the World Economy
- 10.1 The Central Asian Countries' Trade Patterns and Policies
- 10.2 The World Trade Organization
- 10.3 The Attraction of Regionalism
- 10.4 Other Regional Issues
- 10.5 Conclusions
- IV. Prospects
- 11. Shared Problems and National Economic Differentiation
- References
- Index