The Kazakstani Economy: Independence and Transition

An economic analysis of one of the newly independent states of the former USSR, covering the last years of the planned economy, the beginning of national sovereignty, new national currency, privatization and industrial reform, the oil and gas industry, the agricultural sector, the banking system, and foreign economic activity. Kalyuzhnova (economics, U. of Reading, UK) has a personal involvement in Kazakstan, having lived there for 20 years. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.