TRANSITION OR TRANSFORMATION? SOCIAL AND GENDER ASPECTS OF RURAL DEVELOPM ENT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE REFORM STRATEGY IN UZBEKISTAN

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Published Nov 24, 2017

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Bakhodur Eshonov
State Planning Committee, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, State Committee for Forecasting and Statistics

Abstract

The transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, which had become the ultimate aspiration by the end of the 1980s, has not been as fast and as easy as many initially expected. Moreover, almost a quarter of a century later, many of the postulates of this transition, based on the so-called Washington Consensus, are not necessarily considered to be the only right ones anymore. Markets cannot be built overnight, free trade doesn’t always create jobs, private initiatives do not necessarily ensure better quality and accessibility, and the openness of immature financial systems can make national economies extremely vulnerable to external shocks.

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Vol 60 No 1 (2017): INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
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Bakhodur Eshonov, State Planning Committee, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, State Committee for Forecasting and Statistics

Expert in development policy. In the early 1990s, he worked in a range of government institutions in Uzbekistan (State Planning Committee, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, State Committee for Forecasting and Statistics). In 1994, he joined UNDP as the coordinator of the first National Human Development Report of UNDP. He later worked in different positions at UNDP. While working for the UNDP Country office in Uzbekistan, he introduced and implemented a number of important projects and initiatives, including support to the Government of Uzbekistan in the formulation of the first national medium-term Welfare Improvement Strategy. Bakhodur Eshonov was the founding director of the Center for Economic Research (www.cer.uz), one of the most well-known and respected think tanks in Central Asia; and of the “Economic Review” (www.review.uz), one of the most prestigious periodicals in the country. The Center for Economic Research (CER) has worked with many talented researchers and has published over 200 research reports covering a wide range of development issues.