Economic Prospects of the CIS

Edited by the late Gur Ofer, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics, Hebrew University, Israel and The New Economic School, Moscow, Russia and Richard Pomfret, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Adelaide, Australia, and Adjunct Professor, The Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Italy

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Down and Up the Stairs: Paradoxes of Russian Economic Growth 3. Transition and Growth in Belarus 4. Ukraine: The Lost Decade . . . and the Coming Boom? 5. Barriers to Growth in Moldova 6. Explaining Growth in Armenia: The Pivotal Role of Human Capital 7. Turkmenistan: Economic Autocracy and Recent Growth Performance 8. The Uzbek Paradox: Progress without Neo-liberal Reform 9. Tajikistan’s Growth Performance: The First Decade of Transition 10. Economic Growth in Kyrgyzstan 11. Natural Resources and Economic Growth in Kazakhstan 12. Conclusions References Index

'This useful volume features surveys of 10 of the 12 members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the successor organisation to the USSR. . . I heartily recommend this book for all economists interested in the economic transition of the CIS.'