Outputs (10)

Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy (2021)
Journal Article

Uzbekistan’s unique post-independence experiment with development was led by Islam Karimov until his sudden death in September 2016. Despite defying international advice on structural reforms, under Karimov’s rule, Uzbekistan achieved an average annu... Read More about Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy.

Does connectedness improve SMEs’ access to formal finance? Evidence from post-communist economies (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Evidence suggests that a disproportionately greater share of formal finance is channelled to large enterprises in emerging economies, limiting the flow of appropriately-financed... Read More about Does connectedness improve SMEs’ access to formal finance? Evidence from post-communist economies.

Political connectedness and formal finance in transition economies (2017)
Journal Article

Although small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent more than 90% of all enterprises and play an important role in employment generation, they lack access to affordable formal finance. Conventionally, market failures and information imperfe... Read More about Political connectedness and formal finance in transition economies.

Higher education reforms in Uzbekistan: Expanding vocational education at the expense of higher education? (2016)
Journal Article

This short article discusses fundamental reforms undertaking the in higher education system of Uzbekistan since 1991.

Connectedness and SME Financing in Post-Communist Economies: Evidence from Uzbekistan (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: This paper investigates effects of interpersonal links with bureaucrats on SME access to formal finance. A survey of 502 SMEs in post-communist Uzbekistan shows fewer SMEs with government connections express a nee... Read More about Connectedness and SME Financing in Post-Communist Economies: Evidence from Uzbekistan.

Informal credit institutions in transition countries: A study of urban money lenders in post-communist Uzbekistan (2014)
Journal Article

Research on informal financial institutions in transition economies is scant. This study investigates behaviour of urban money lenders in Uzbekistan. Money lending in Uzbekistan is a relatively new business which emerged mostly in response to targete... Read More about Informal credit institutions in transition countries: A study of urban money lenders in post-communist Uzbekistan.

Differing Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on the Central Asian Countries: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan (2013)
Journal Article

Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan are neighbouring countries in post-Soviet Central Asia which share similar culture and language. Their economic structures were similar under central planning: they provided the agricultural basis to the... Read More about Differing Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on the Central Asian Countries: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan.

Keeping up with revolutions: Evolution of higher education in Uzbekistan (2010)
Journal Article

Uzbekistan's higher education system has undergone some dramatic changes in the past century, evolving from largely traditional religious colleges to fully state-funded communist-atheist institutions. Since the end of the communist administration and... Read More about Keeping up with revolutions: Evolution of higher education in Uzbekistan.

Banking sector development in Uzbekistan: A case of mixed blessings? (2009)
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Using grass-roots-level data, this article analyzes factors that contribute to the current backwardness of the Uzbek banking sector. The study attempts to show that despite considerable progress achieved in terms of modernizing payments systems, embr... Read More about Banking sector development in Uzbekistan: A case of mixed blessings?.

A stages approach to banking development in transition economies (2008)
Journal Article

Credit shortages are widely thought to explain the output contraction in former Soviet Union (FSU) countries during the 1990s. It is argued here that these shortages were the result of an ahistorical approach to policymaking which ignored the time ne... Read More about A stages approach to banking development in transition economies.