Central Asia human development report
Subtitle: bringing down barriers : regional cooperation for human development and human security
By: [Martha Blaxall and others]
Contributors: United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Development Programme. Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Subjects: Regionalism; Foreign relations; Economic policy; Economic conditions; National security
Other titles: Central Asia human development report 2005
Description: Comprehensive analysis of the many challenges that confront Central Asia, including high trade costs, environmental devastation, increased inequality, rising migration, the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS and poor governance. There has been recent progress towards regional cooperation, but the Report shows that the barriers created by borders negatively affect peoples' lives. The Report contends that increased cooperation among the Central Asian republics--Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan--would produce substantial political and economic gains, including income increases of 50 percent to 100 percent over the next ten years. The cost of non-cooperation is continued deterioration in income distribution, social services and general living conditions, according to the Report, and possibly a descent into the vicious cycle of economic crisis and corrupt governance that often leads to social unrest.
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