Martin C. Spechler is Professor of Economics, IUPUI, and affiliate of the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana University. He has worked as consultant and researcher for the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Global Development Network, and USAID. Author of more than 100 articles, he is an editor of Comparative Economic Studies.

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• 1. Geographical and Historical Introduction – From the Beginnings of Turkic Settlement to Russian Conquest. Religious and Language Background Explored 2. The Soviet Legacy – Uzbekistan’s Social Progress under a Colonial, Communist Regime, 1917-91 3. The "Uzbek Road" to Economic Reforms 4. Growth, Income, and Social Consumption 5. Human Rights in Uzbekistan and its Central Asian Neighbors 6. Comparisons with Central Asian Neighboring States [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan] 7. Energy in Central Asia 8. International Economic Relations in Central Asia 9. Conclusion

Martin C. Spechler is Professor of Economics, IUPUI, and affiliate of the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana University. He has worked as consultant and researcher for the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Global Development Network, and USAID. Author of more than 100 articles, he is an editor of Comparative Economic Studies.

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• 1. Geographical and Historical Introduction – From the Beginnings of Turkic Settlement to Russian Conquest. Religious and Language Background Explored 2. The Soviet Legacy – Uzbekistan’s Social Progress under a Colonial, Communist Regime, 1917-91 3. The "Uzbek Road" to Economic Reforms 4. Growth, Income, and Social Consumption 5. Human Rights in Uzbekistan and its Central Asian Neighbors 6. Comparisons with Central Asian Neighboring States [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan] 7. Energy in Central Asia 8. International Economic Relations in Central Asia 9. Conclusion

Martin C. Spechler is Professor of Economics, IUPUI, and affiliate of the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana University. He has worked as consultant and researcher for the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Global Development Network, and USAID. Author of more than 100 articles, he is an editor of Comparative Economic Studies.

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• 1. Geographical and Historical Introduction – From the Beginnings of Turkic Settlement to Russian Conquest. Religious and Language Background Explored 2. The Soviet Legacy – Uzbekistan’s Social Progress under a Colonial, Communist Regime, 1917-91 3. The "Uzbek Road" to Economic Reforms 4. Growth, Income, and Social Consumption 5. Human Rights in Uzbekistan and its Central Asian Neighbors 6. Comparisons with Central Asian Neighboring States [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan] 7. Energy in Central Asia 8. International Economic Relations in Central Asia 9. Conclusion