This book is the first general introduction to the economies of central Asia, specifically the recently independent countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. Richard Pomfret provides a historical and structural analysis of this area of the former Soviet Union, with an emphasis on their economic situation since i
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"The book is an excellent survey of the initial economic conditions in the region and the effect the breakup of the USSR had on the economies of the central Asian republics."--Journal of Comparative Economic
