Black Sea and Central Asia
Promoting Work and Well-Being

This book analyses the opportunities and conditions of employment throughout the Black Sea region and Central Asia. It examines how different countries deal with social issues affecting well-being. It presents, thus, both a country-based view and a whole-region analysis that will be useful for policy makers and civil society in responding to the challenges ahead. Countries covered include Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
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Recent Economic Development in the Black Sea and Central Asia Regions
Introduction to Part I
OECD Development Centre
The economies of the BSEC-CA region, and especially the 11 that were republics of the former Soviet Union, have experienced rapid growth in the first years of the 21st century. This is in welcome contrast to the 1990s, when the formerly centrally planned economies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) underperformed in most regions of the world, experiencing an output collapse that far exceeded expectations. During the period 2001-06, the simple average growth rate of the 11 CIS countries was around 8 per cent per year, which compares favourably even with the high performing Asian economies. Part of this impressive performance is recovery from a deep trough, and some countries have benefited from large terms of trade gains, but it also reflects substantial improvement in macroeconomic policies.
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