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The dissolution of the former Soviet Union (FSU) and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) out of the former Soviet Republics has seen the creation of a number of new independent countries in Central Asia. These six Republics —Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—are, albeit to different degrees, only at the beginning of the historic process of transformation from a command to a predominantly competitive market-based economic system. This paper1 will survey the prospects for industrial development and the challenges for enterprise restructuring, privatization and private sector development in four of the republics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
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Henley, J.S., Assaf, G.B. Re-integrating the central Asian republics into the world economy. Intereconomics 30, 235–246 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926366
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