Publication Type
Working Paper
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
2-2006
Abstract
This paper presents a coherent and systematic analysis of the collapse and subsequent revival of the Central Asian Republics (CARs) since 1990. The focus is on the pattern of growth and structural change during the cycle of decline and subsequent revival in the CARs which have been inadequately analyzed in the literature on transition. The paper relates economic performance to initial conditions, country characteristics and policies. Within this framework, it proposes a simple typology of policies (including a new Type III set of policies on regional cooperation and industrial competitiveness) and relates them to the cycle of decline and revival in the CARs. It goes on to examine medium-term prospects and policy needs for the CARs.
Keywords
growth, economic reform, regional cooperation, industrial competitiveness, Central Asia, transitional economies
Discipline
Asian Studies | Macroeconomics
Research Areas
Macroeconomics
First Page
1
Last Page
44
Publisher
SMU Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series, No. 04-2006
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
DOWLING, Malcolm and Vignaraja, Ganeshan.
Central Asia's Transition after Fifteen Years: Growth and Policy Choices. (2006). 1-44.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/868
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Authors
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