The Central Asian Economies Since Independence / / Richard Pomfret.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Pomfret, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 3 line illus. 47 tables. 2 maps.

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 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. With independent chapters on each country, and chapters analyzing their comparative economic performance, the book highlights similarities and differences. Facing common problems caused by the breakdown of Soviet economic relations and the hyperinflation of the early 1990s, these countries have taken widely divergent paths in the transition from Soviet central planning to more market-based economies. The book ends in 2005 with the bloodless Kyrgyz revolution and the violence in Uzbekistan, which signaled the end of the region's political continuity. Throughout the book, Pomfret emphasizes the economic forces that foster political instability--from Kazakhstan's resource boom and Turkmenistan's lack of reform to Tajikistan's abject poverty.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part I The National Economies -- 2 Uzbekistan: Economic Gradualism and Political Stability -- 3 Kazakhstan: Oil-Boom Economy -- 4 Tajikistan: Civil War and Its Aftermath -- 5 The Kyrgyz Republic: The Region's Rapid Reformer -- 6 Turkmenistan: The Realm of Turkmenbashi the Great -- Part II Economic Performance -- 7 Measuring Economic Performance -- 8 Winners and Losers -- Part III The International Context -- 9 The Role of Natural Resources -- 10 International Economic Policies: Regionalism and Integration into the World Economy -- Part IV Prospects -- 11 Shared Problems and National Economic Differentiation -- References -- Index