Foreign Assistance

Examines the econ. and democratic assist. that the U.S. has provided to the Central Asian Republics (CAR) of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Rep., Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. With the break up of the USSR in 1991, the U.S. has provided a broad foreign assist. prog. to these republics, including develop. of market-oriented economies. This report determines: (1) what the USAID econ. and democratic reform initiatives in CAR were designed to achieve; what has been accomplished; and what factors, if any, have limited the implementation of reforms; and (2) whether lessons learned from similar USAID programs have been applied in CAR. Charts and tables.