Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connecting Central Asia and the Caucasus with the world / Johannes F. Linn -- Rivalry and competition in Central Asia / Martha Brill Olcott -- Trade and transport in Central Asia / Richard Pomfret -- Central Asia's oil and gas reserves : to whom do they matter? / Martha Brill Olcott -- How bad are Central Asia's business environments and what can be done about them? / Dennis de Tray -- The impact of the global financial crisis and policy responses : Central Asia and the Caucasus / Pradeep K. Mitra -- Emerging markets forum in Thun, Switzerland, January 23-25, 2010 : conference summary and discussion / Gilbert Heim -- Central Asia and the Caucasus : selected regional and country-specific geophysical and socioeconomic indicators / Natasha Mukherjee.