The economies of Central Asia
By: Richard Pomfret.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Asia, Central -- Economic conditions.; Former Soviet Republics -- Economic conditions.
Description: 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 these former Soviet republics, with an emphasis on their economic situation since independence.

With the strategic significance of this part of the world growing by the week, this book provides an invaluable source of material for understanding what has been for Westerners a very mysterious part of the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-210) and index.