TY - BOOK AU - Rumer, Boris, ed. AU - Zhukov, Stanislav, ed. TI - Central Asia: the challenges of independence SN - 9781315095929 U1 - 338.958 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Aakar KW - Asia, Central KW - Economic Condition KW - Congresses KW - Economic Policy KW - Foreign Economic Relations N1 - 1 Introduction Part I Central Asia on the Eve f the Twenty-First Century 2 Geo-economic significance of Central Asia 3 Post-Soviet modernization in Central Asia: realities and prospects Part II Economic Performance 4 Broader parameters: development in the twentieth century 5 Structural changes 6 Economic integration in Cnetral Asia: problems and prospects 7 Between two gravitational poles: Russia and China Paty III External Dynamics: Foreign Trade 8 Kazakhstan: foreign trade policy 9 Uzbekistan: foreign economic activity Part IV Critical Economic Issues 10 Kazakhstan: the prospects and perils of foreign investment 11 Uzbekistan: problems of development and reform in the agrarian sector ER -