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 Encyclopedia: Economy of Uzbekistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A market economy is a term used to describe an economy where economic decisions, such as pricing of goods and services, are made in a decentralized manner by the economys participants and manifested by trade.
Uzbekistan is a dry, double- landlocked country of which 10% consists of intensely cultivated, irrigated river valleys.
Uzbekistan was one of the poorest areas of the former Soviet Union with more than 60% of its population living in densely populated rural communities.
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 AllRefer.com - Uzbekistan : Economy (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Uzbekistan's rivers and many irrigation canals furnish water for the cotton crop, the country's main export.
The diversion of water for irrigation from the tributaries of the Aral Sea is drying up the sea and reducing the flow of freshwater in the region.
Livestock are raised in the more arid western areas; Uzbekistan also produces Karakul sheep pelts.
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 Uzbekistan on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
On Aug. 31, Uzbekistan was declared independent, and it joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in December.
Ruslan Sharipov, an independent journalist in Uzbekistan, served 10 months in jail and is now under house arrest in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
TERMEZ, UZBEKISTAN -- A man paints "UNICEF" on the side of a truck Sunday, November 11, 2001, that may be used to provide aid to Afghanistan from the United Nations through Uzbekistan.
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 Uzbekistan: Economy
Uzbekistan is a dry, landlocked country of which 11% consists of intensely cultivated, irrigated river valleys.
Uzbekistan is now the world's second-largest cotton exporter, a large producer of gold and oil, and a regionally significant producer of chemicals and machinery.
Uzbekistan responded to the negative external conditions generated by the Asian and Russian financial crises by emphasizing import substitute industrialization and by tightening export and currency controls within its already largely closed economy.
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