Long-Term Development Path of the Second Industry in Central Asia

Ichiro Iwasaki

Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series from Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: In this paper, I compile 100-year statistics of the countries of Central Asia using declassified confidential documents of the Soviet Statistical Office obtained from the Russian State Archives and other materials and quantitatively characterize the long-term development path of the second industry in the region. The issue of the possible up-ward bias of the Soviet industrial statistics is also examined. Comparative analysis between the USSR and the Central Asian region and among Central Asian countries basing on the above long-term statistics provides valuable findings including the close relationship between the socialist industrial allocation policy and the growth rate of the second industry for deeper understanding of the economic development history in Central Asia during the socialist era and the following transition period towards a market economy.

Keywords: long-term development; secondary industry; upward bias of the Soviet statistics; socialist industrial allocation; Central Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L52 L60 L70 N64 O14 P23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-06
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