The Central Asian economies in the twenty-first century : paving a new Silk Road

Richard Pomfret
Bok · Engelsk · 2019

Omfang	xxi, 304 Seiten : Illustrationen
Opplysninger	Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- List of Images and Table -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- PART I. THE BACKGROUND -- 1. Introduction: Reconnecting Central Asia as the Crossroads of Euras -- 1.1. Nation Building and Challenges of Transition from Central Planning -- 1.2. Outline of the Book -- 2. Creating Market-Based Economies -- 2.1. Initial Conditions and Choice of Economic Policies -- 2.2. Economic Performance in the Decade after Independence -- 2.3. Distributional Consequences of Transition -- 2.4. The Situation in the Early 2000s -- 2.5. The Twenty-First Century -- 3. The Role of Natural Resources -- 3.1. Is Natural Resource Abundance a Curse? -- 3.2. Oil and Natural Gas -- 3.3. Minerals -- 3.4. Agriculture and Pastoralism -- 3.5. Cotton -- 3.6. Hydroelectricity -- 3.7. Conclusions -- PART II. THE NATIONAL ECONOMIES -- 4. Kazakhstan -- 4.1. The Dismal 1990s -- 4.2. The Boom Years, 1999-2007 -- 4.3. Agriculture -- 4.4. The Social Sectors-- 4.5. The 2007-8 Banking Crisis, Resource Nationalism, and Samruk-Kazyna -- 4.6. Kazakhstan 2050 -- 4.7. Conclusions -- 5. Uzbekistan -- 5.1. The Uzbek Paradox, 1991-96 -- 5.2. The Reintroduction of Exchange Controls, 1996-2003 -- 5.3. Economic Reform and Social Unrest -- 5.4. Responding to Crisis and Facing New Challenges in 2014-16 -- 5.5. The Karimov Era in Retrospect -- 5.6. Prospects for the Mirziyoyev Era -- 6. Turkmenistan -- 6.1. The Turkmenistan Economic Model -- 6.2. External Relations -- 6.3. Economic Performance, 1991-2006 -- 6.4. Natural Gas: Part One -- 6.5. From Turkmenbashi to Berdymuhamedov -- 6.6. Natural Gas: Part Two -- 6.7. Conclusions -- 7. The Kyrgyz Republic -- 7.1. Creating a Market Economy -- 7.2. Economic Development -- 7.3. Kumtor -- 7.4. Transit Center Manas -- 7.5. Retail Trade and Value Chains -- 7.6. Migration and Remittances -- 7.7. Economic and Political Developments in 2010 and After -- 7.8. Conclusions -- 8. Tajikistan-- 8.1. Civil War and Its Aftermath -- 8.2. The Economy in the Twenty-First Century -- 8.3. Narcotics and Governance -- 8.4. Conclusions -- PART III. THE EXTERNAL CONTEXT -- 9. Regional Problems and Opportunities -- 9.1. The Central Asian Countries' Trade Patterns and Policies -- 9.2. Regionalism -- 9.3. Why Are the Costs of International Trade So High in Central Asia? -- 9.4. Water Disputes, Border Clashes, and Security -- 9.5. Conclusions -- 10. Central Asia in the Wider World -- 10.1. Pipeline Politics -- 10.2. Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union -- 10.3. China and Central Asia -- 10.4. The Rise and Fall of US Interest in Central Asia -- 10.5. The EU Looks East -- 10.6. Economic Relations with Other Countries -- 10.7. Private Foreign Direct Investment -- 10.8. Mobile Phone Services -- 10.9. Conclusions and Prospects for the Future -- 11. Central Asia at the Center of Eurasia: Forging a New Silk Road -- 11.1. Landlocked or Land-Linked? -- 11.2. Responding to SDGs and COP21-- 11.3. Is a Window of Opportunity Opening? -- 11.4. At the Center of Eurasia -- References -- Index
ISBN	9780691182216