Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path

Tajikistan teeters on the brink of failure. This mountainous and landlocked country, the poorest in Central Asia, confronts the challenges of good governance and economic survival. These domestic struggles become even more problematic as international forces prepare to withdraw from neighboring Afghanistan, leaving Central Asian countries to ensure regional stability.

In Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path, Martha Brill Olcott traces the political, economic, and social change following the country's independence and international efforts to avert state collapse. The Tajik government's commitment to reform has been inconsistent, and substantial foreign assistance provided since the end of the country's civil war has not led to the desired economic and political development.

Olcott concludes that the Tajik leadership faces a serious dilemma: fully embrace reform or continue moving toward state failure. Tajikistan's decision will have very real implications for this troubled region.

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Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path

Tajikistan teeters on the brink of failure. This mountainous and landlocked country, the poorest in Central Asia, confronts the challenges of good governance and economic survival. These domestic struggles become even more problematic as international forces prepare to withdraw from neighboring Afghanistan, leaving Central Asian countries to ensure regional stability.

In Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path, Martha Brill Olcott traces the political, economic, and social change following the country's independence and international efforts to avert state collapse. The Tajik government's commitment to reform has been inconsistent, and substantial foreign assistance provided since the end of the country's civil war has not led to the desired economic and political development.

Olcott concludes that the Tajik leadership faces a serious dilemma: fully embrace reform or continue moving toward state failure. Tajikistan's decision will have very real implications for this troubled region.

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Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path

Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path

by Martha Brill Olcott
Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path

Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path

by Martha Brill Olcott

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Tajikistan teeters on the brink of failure. This mountainous and landlocked country, the poorest in Central Asia, confronts the challenges of good governance and economic survival. These domestic struggles become even more problematic as international forces prepare to withdraw from neighboring Afghanistan, leaving Central Asian countries to ensure regional stability.

In Tajikistan's Difficult Development Path, Martha Brill Olcott traces the political, economic, and social change following the country's independence and international efforts to avert state collapse. The Tajik government's commitment to reform has been inconsistent, and substantial foreign assistance provided since the end of the country's civil war has not led to the desired economic and political development.

Olcott concludes that the Tajik leadership faces a serious dilemma: fully embrace reform or continue moving toward state failure. Tajikistan's decision will have very real implications for this troubled region.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780870033032
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Publication date: 11/27/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 455
File size: 21 MB
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About the Author

Martha Brill Olcott is a senior associate with the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, and co-director of the al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Chapter 1 Introduction: A Country at Risk 1

Chapter 2 Politics and Religion 11

Chapter 3 Do Tajik Officials Have the Will to Reform? 53

Chapter 4 The Economic Environment 85

Chapter 5 Reforming Agriculture 135

Chapter 6 Tajikistan's Industrial Sector 177

Chapter 7 Tajikistan's Infrastructure and Energy Crisis 217

Chapter 8 Women, Children, Food, and Social Safety 261

Chapter 9 Looking Ahead 313

Appendix 333

Notes 355

Bibliography 425

Index 439

About The Author 455

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 456

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