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By Maria Stalbovskaya, publishedSeptember/October 2008 by GlobaLex. GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law, GlobaLex is committed to the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research tools in order to accommodate the needs of an increasingly global educational and practicing legal world.
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Uzbekistan1.htm
Keywords: Central Asia, Law and legislation, Uzbekistan,

The Amnesty International library contains an archive of most reports, news releases and urgent actions published from 1996 to date. The archive is searchable by region, sub-region, country and theme.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/engindex
Keywords: Central Asia, China, East Asia, Hong Kong, Human rights, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 11, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,

Anatomy of a crisis : U.S.-Uzbekistan relations, 2001-2005 / John Daly, Kurt Meppen, Vladimir Socor and S. Fredrick Starr. - Stockholm : Silk Road Studies Program, Institute for Security and Development Policy, 2006. - 112 p. (Silk Road paper) Few, if any, observers anticipated the rapid downward spiral of U.S.-Uzbek relations during the past several years. Those who supported the strategic partnership did so with the confidence that it embodied the true interests of both countries and hence would be of long duration. Having staked their credibility, and in some cases their careers, on the validity of this proposition, they would have to have been astonished as they watched the breakdown unfold. By contrast, there were those on both sides who were critical of the U.S.-Uzbek partnership from the outset. But such skeptics were equally unprepared for the speed and extent of the deterioration. The first purpose of the following papers is to begin the task of identifying the causes of this development. Only by clearly understanding what occurred will it be possible for each country to plot a rational path forward. To that end, the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute/Silk Road Program organized an informal team of scholars and participants coordinated by John J. C. Daly to establish a chronology of the relationship between 2001 and the end of 2005.
http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2006_daly-et-al_anatomy-of-a-cri...
Keywords: Central Asia, International relations, Nordic Perspective, Politics and society, Publications, Sweden, Uzbekistan,

Self description: CentralAsiaOnline.com is a website sponsored by USCENTCOM to highlight movement toward greater regional stability both through bilateral and multilateral cooperative arrangements. CentralAsiaOnline.com also focuses on developments that hinder both terrorist activity and support for terrorism in the region. This site features news from across and about the region and features analysis, interviews and commentary by paid CentralAsiaOnline.com correspondents. It is designed to provide a regional audience with a portal to a broad range of information about future stability in the region.
http://centralasiaonline.com
Keywords: Business enterprises, Business. Management, Central Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 17, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, News, News. Media, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,

This series of profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/list.html
Keywords: Agriculture, Business. Management, Central Asia, China, East Asia, Economic issues, Education, Geography, History, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 53, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Law and legislation, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, Politics and society, Science and technology. Innovation, Social conditions, South Korea, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,

Self description: This three-year project aims at analyzing the institutional arrangements currently being developed and redefined in Central Asian economies. It expands the “Varieties of Capitalism” (VoC) research agenda to transition countries in Central Asia; notably Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and it is driven by the following goals: * to contribute in a comparative manner to a better understanding of political-economic developments in Central Asia; * to further the VoC research agenda by applying the approach to transition economies, notably to Central Asian economies; * to determine the influence of external actors in the transformation process in Central Asia and to develop relevant policy recommendations; * to elaborate the impact of distinct capitalist variations in Central Asia on economic performance – indicated by economic growth, income distribution, and socio-economic indicators.
http://www.centralasiaproject.de
Keywords: Central Asia, Economic issues, In Focus, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 17, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Politics and society, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,

he Human Development Report (HDR) was first launched in 1990. Each Report focuses on a highly topical theme in the current development debate, providing path-breaking analysis and policy recommendations. National human development reports at the country level have been published in more than 120 nations. The Human Development Report is an independent report. It is commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and is the product of a selected team of leading scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP. The Report is translated into more than a dozen languages and launched in more than 100 countries annually.
http://hdr.undp.org/
Keywords: Central Asia, China, Development. Poverty, East Asia, Economic issues, Education, Environment, Hong Kong, Human rights, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 03, In Focus 2010 Week 29, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, Politics and society, Social conditions, South Korea, Statistics, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Women and gender studies,

Provides information on any member country's relations with IMF. Includes: * IMF publications about the member country. * The country's position in the Fund (when it joined, its quota size). * When its last Article IV consultation with the Fund took place. * The country's financial relations with the Fund (disbursements and payments). * Whether the country subscribes to the Data Standards Bulletin Board
http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm
Keywords: Central Asia, China, Development. Poverty, East Asia, Economic issues, Hong Kong, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 34, In Focus 2008 Week 46, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Mongolia, South Korea, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries. The WEO is released in April and September each year. Use this database to find data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF. Data are available from 1980 to the present, and projections are given for the next two years. For some countries, data are incomplete or unavailable for certain years.
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28
Keywords: Burma - Myanmar, Cambodia, Central Asia, China, Development. Poverty, East Asia, East Timor, Economic issues, Hong Kong, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 41, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 06, In Focus 2011, In Focus 2011 Week 20, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam,

The Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA), Reston, VA, US Self description: "FITA, founded in 1984, fosters international trade by strengthening the role of local, regional, national and global associations that have an international mission. FITA provides resources, benefits and services to the international trade community and useful tools to help you do business globally. The 450,000+ organizations that are linked to FITA through their membership in a FITA member association represent a broad cross-section of the international trade and business community: manufacturers, trading companies, contractors, freight forwarders, custom house brokers, airlines, shipping companies, port authorities, banks, insurance brokers and underwriters, associations and a wide range of service providers including telecommunications companies, law firms and consultants." Site contents: * Country Profiles [General Information, Market Access, Practical Information, Economic Indicators, Market Research, Country Risk, Doing Business, Agriculture, Taxes, accouting, Labour Market, Media, Useful Links] (Azerbaijan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam); * FITA Really Useful Links for Other Asian Countries [not featured as country profiles] (Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan); * Suggested Reading on Trade with Asia; * Trade Leads; * Market Research; * Tools of Trade (Really Useful Links, Transportation & Logistics, Trade Finance & Currencies, Documentation, Trade Software, Trade Glossaries, Maps and Geography, Weights and Measures, Security, Trade Law, Books & Publications, Getting Started in Importing or Exporting?, Directories); * Travel Services; * Career Center; * Member Associations.
http://fita.org/countries/asia.html
Keywords: Central Asia, China, East Asia, Economic issues, Foreign trade, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam,