Defining state capitalism -- Russia: crony capitalism, Putin-style -- Kyrgyzstan: sad poster-child of neoliberalism -- Kazakhstan: a dual economy with developmental characteristics -- Uzbekistan: economic life under control and beyond control -- Tajikistan and Turkmenistan: predatory state...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The Soviet legacy in Uzbekistan -- chapter 3 The “Uzbek road” to economic reform1 -- chapter 4 Growth, distribution, and social consumption 1 -- chapter 5 Human rights in Uzbekistan and its neighbors -- chapter 6 Uzbekistan’s Central Asian neighbors...

Uzbekistan's system of multiple exchange rates arose when the sum was made inconvertible in 1996. This has caused many real problems to this transition economy, and promises to return to convertibility have been only partially carried out so far. The problems ahead are analyzed in this article.