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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.

330.958 --- 331.30 --- 37 --- CIS / Commonwealth Of Independant States - Gos - Cei --- KG / Kyrgyzstan - Kirghizistan --- KZ / Kazakhstan --- TJ / Tajikistan - Tadzjikistan - Tadjikistan --- TM / Turkmenistan --- UZ / Uzbekistan - Oezbekistan - Ouzbekistan --- 338 <5-011> --- 338 <5-011> Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--Nabije-Oosten. Midden-Oosten --- Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--Nabije-Oosten. Midden-Oosten --- Economische toestand --- Geografische economie. Monografieën van streken en landen --- Asia, Central --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy --- Politics and government --- Economic policy. --- Economic history. --- Central Asia. --- Afghanistan. --- Agip. --- Almaty. --- Aral Sea. --- Azerbaijan. --- Bishkek. --- Caspian Sea. --- Chevron. --- Daewoo. --- Dutch disease. --- Fergana oblast. --- Ferghana Valley. --- Gini coefficent. --- Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP). --- Japan. --- Karachaganak. --- Karakalpakstan. --- Kumtor gold mine. --- Mongolia. --- Nazarbayev, Nursultan. --- North Korea. --- Osh. --- Pakistan. --- South Korea. --- Tajikistan. --- Tashkent. --- Tengiz. --- Turkey. --- Turkmenbashi. --- Ukraine. --- Uzbekistan. --- World Bank. --- aluminium. --- corruption. --- enclaves. --- ethnic tensions. --- external debt. --- financial sector. --- forced labor. --- household surveys. --- hydroelectricity. --- income distribution. --- inflation. --- irrigation. --- migration. --- natural gas. --- opium. --- pensions. --- poverty. --- privatization. --- remittances. --- ruble zone. --- shuttle trade. --- transit. --- unemployment. --- History, Economic --- Economics --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Central Asia --- Soviet Central Asia --- Tūrān --- Turkestan --- West Turkestan --- Asia --- Political aspects