Output Decline and Recovery in Uzbekistan : Past Performance and Future Prospects

What explains Uzbekistan's unusually mild "transformational recession" and its moderate recovery during 1996-97? We examine potential biases in output measurement, the role of "special factors"-including initial production structure, natural resources, and public investment policies-and sectoral output developments. The main findings are (i) Uzbekistan's relatively favorable output record is not an artifact of measurement alone; (ii) public investment has had no significant effects on growth; (iii) the mildness of Uzbekistan's transitional recession can be accounted for by its favorable initial production structure and its self-sufficiency in energy; (iv) unless reforms are significantly accelerated, medium-term growth prospects are mediocre.
Publication date: September 1998
ISBN: 9781451855357
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Inflation , Inflation , International - Economics , International - Economics , Transition , Growth , Output , Sustainability , inflation , transition economies , transition countries , foreign exchange , external liberalization

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