Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

Igor V. Zadorin. “Monitoring social moods in the post-Soviet space:EDB Integration Barometer”The Economics of the Post-Sovietand Eurasian IntegrationOf which countries listed below could you say that you are interested in their history,culture and geography (nature)? (Autonomy indexes)18% 9%11% 8%9% 3% 11%9%35% 40% 31% 30% 26%32%7%9%19%14% 9%13%10%3%8%23%UkraineRussiaArmeniaUzbekistanBelarusAzerbaijanKazakhstanKyrgyzstanGeorgiaMoldovaTajikistanAverageNo such countriesCannot sayalways evident in the details. Thus, variation towards the post-Soviet space istypical for the countries of the Central Asian region and Moldova; toward theEuropean Union for Russia, Georgia and Moldova (which is attracted to Russiaand Romania simultaneously); and toward the rest of the world for Azerbaijanand Tajikistan. Turkey is a priority for Azerbaijan, and the priorities for Tajikistanvary depending on the question (China, the US and Turkey). The diagram belowillustrates this data (percentage indexes should be read as follows: “At leastFrom which countries would an inflow of capital, investments, companies, entrepreneursand businessmen be desirable for our country? (Answers grouped in three categories)67% 62% 50% 50% 49% 43% 41% 26% 25% 17%9% 40%21% 27% 51% 30% 36% 38% 42% 48% 40% 26%48% 37%75%48%40%43%58%35%46%59%37%54%42%49%TajikistanKyrgyzstanMoldovaKazakhstanUzbekistanArmeniaBelarusGeorgiaUkraineAzerbaijanRussiaAverageFormer USSR countries EU countries Other countriesEurasian Development Bank159