Central Asia and the New Global Economy: Critical Problems, Critical Choices (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780765606297)

Central Asia's new states have been buffeted by financial ill winds from East Asia and Russia and by Islamic revolutionary movements from the south. In the context of widespread and deepening impoverishment, endemic corruption, gaping inequalities, and external pressures to undertake difficult reforms, economic crisis threatens to expand into profoundly destabilizing social and political crises as well.This volume analyzes the geopolitical and macroeconomic situation of Central Asia, local policy responses to the current crisis, and alternative scenarios for the foreseeable future. It devotes particular attention to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Beyond the immediate case, the book focuses on policy measures and institutional improvements that could most directly impact the capacity of economies in the region to adapt to the globalization process.

Author: Boris Z. Rumer
ISBN-10: 0765606291
ISBN-13: 9780765606297
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2000
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.99d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2001 pg. 1505
Booklist 09/15/2000 pg. 191
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 71