Hunting for the Central Asian Tiger

Spechler, Martin C.

doi:10.1057/ces.2000.17

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“…In fact, Stephen Kotkin applied this characterization to all the states of the former Soviet Union with the exception of Estonia, which he called "the great bright spot (approaching the level of Slovenia, the star in East-Central Europe)". However, other experts were drawing attention to the economic success of Uzbekistan, calling it a candidate for becoming a Central Asian tiger (Spechler, 2000).…”

Section: Success Has Many Fathers…mentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Miracle of Post-Soviet Space: Why Uzbekistan Managed to Achieve What No Other Post Soviet State Achieved

Popov

2013

SSRN Journal

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Section: Success Has Many Fathers…mentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Miracle of Post-Soviet Space: Why Uzbekistan Managed to Achieve What No Other Post Soviet State Achieved

Popov

2013

SSRN Journal

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“…Uzbekistan is the most populous of the Central Asian countries and its record since independence is the most controversial. Initial conditions were at first seen as neutral and its economic reforms were cautious, but during the 1990s Uzbekistan was the most successful of all Soviet successor states-including the rapidly reforming and geographically advantaged Baltic countries-in terms of output performance (Pomfret 2000;Spechler 2000 (Figure 1). Uzbekistan's second most valuable export, gold, was even easier to export at world prices.…”

Section: Uzbekistanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Central Asia after Two Decades of Independence

Pomfret¹

2012

Economies in Transition

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After becoming independent in 1991, the five Central Asian countries pursued differing transition paths from the defunct central planning. This paper analyses the connection between economic policies and performance during the 1990s and 2000s. Performance over the two decades has been determined by resource endowments rather than by policy. International relations, which were predicted to centre on a new Great Game among external powers, have been more muted than anticipated, centring on geopolitics and pipelines, and with a consequence of hampering desirable economic cooperation within Central Asia. Prospects for significant change in the near future are limited because by the end of the 1990s the window of opportunity for policy initiatives had shut and entrenched political regimes had little incentive to sponsor major reforms.

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“…Central Asia's main attraction to foreign investors is its abundant natural resources (Spechler, 2000;Deichmann et al, 2003), such as Kazakhstan's oil and natural gas and Kyrgyzstan's gold mines. The Central Asian nations have made changes to their legal systems to demonstrate their commitment to market opening.…”

Section: Kyrgyzstanmentioning

confidence: 99%