Widely ignoring recommendations from mainstream economics, the some Central Asian countries have achieved remarkable economic growth rates since their transformational recession in the 1990s. While Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan have greatly benefitted from increasing world market...

This contribution explores the importance of independent organizations in authoritarian regimes. While some authoritarian governments delegate policy tasks to (relatively) autonomous agencies simply in order to improve their domestic or international image as modern political leaders or to build...

This article deals with the question on how the Central Asian governments have dealt with transition as a whole and the emergence of private business in particular. Our focus is on the politically and economically most important countries in the region, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. We investigate...

Der Kollaps der sozialistischen Systeme in Mittel- und Osteuropa ist eines der herausragenden Ereignisse in diesem Jahrhundert. Die hierdurch implizierte Transformation ehemals sozialistischer Wirtschaftssysteme in Marktwirtschaften ist ohne historisches Vorbild. Am Beispiel der russischen...