Die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit (ECO) stellt das aussichtsreichste Forum für die Entwicklung der Handelsbeziehungen in Zentralasien dar. Der Verfasser stellt die Gründung und die bisherige Arbeit der Organisation dar. Bemühungen um die Schaffung gemeinsamer Institutionen...

Formerly centrally planned countries may be especially vulnerable to institutional degradation and revenue volatility as sources of a resource curse. This paper examines these issues through case studies of six former Soviet republics and Mongolia, focussing on the methods of involving foreign...

After becoming independent in 1991, the five Central Asian countries pursued differing transition paths from the defunct central planning. This paper analyses the connection between economic policies and performance during the 1990s and 2000s. Performance over the two decades has been determined...