International integration and the structure of exports in Central Asian republics

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 604-622

  Myant, Martin ^a   Drahokoupil, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autarkic industrialization; Central Asia; Composition of exports; Economic development; Economics of transition; Eurasian Economic Community; Foreign trade; GDP; International integration; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EXPORT; POST-COMMUNISM; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE RELATIONS;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 65749108516     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.49.5.604     Document Type: Article

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