The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals and 21 targets that all countries have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. Central Asian countries have shown uneven progress in achieving these goals. This paper conducts a comparative study of the impact of economic integration of the regional countries into the world economy on uneven progress of Central Asian countries’ in achieving MDGs. The indices of the study include economic freedom, membership in international economic organizations, attracting foreign investment and the ratio of trade to gross domestic product (GDP).
Key words
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Economic Freedom, Foreign Investment, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
Rezaei Eskandari, D. (2011). Integration into the World Economy and Central Asian Countries’ Uneven Progress in Achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Central Eurasia Studies, 4(8), 23-42.
MLA
Davoud Rezaei Eskandari. "Integration into the World Economy and Central Asian Countries’ Uneven Progress in Achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)", Central Eurasia Studies, 4, 8, 2011, 23-42.
HARVARD
Rezaei Eskandari, D. (2011). 'Integration into the World Economy and Central Asian Countries’ Uneven Progress in Achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)', Central Eurasia Studies, 4(8), pp. 23-42.
VANCOUVER
Rezaei Eskandari, D. Integration into the World Economy and Central Asian Countries’ Uneven Progress in Achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Central Eurasia Studies, 2011; 4(8): 23-42.
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