Relevance of American Diasporas for the Post-Soviet Economic Recovery and Growth of Their Homelands
Norkus, Zenonas
Relevance of American Diasporas for the Post-Soviet Economic Recovery and Growth of Their Homelands - 2019.
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This paper compares the post-Soviet (1990–2014) economic growth performance of the fSU republics with that during the late Soviet period (1969-1990). The winners from the Soviet Union’s dissolution accelerated, and the losers failed to accelerate. Armenia did accelerate against the odds, while Lithuania did not accelerate. A large diaspora is reputed to be the crucial Armenian advantage, but the Lithuanian diaspora in the U.S. was much larger and affluent by 1990. However, the Nagorno-Karabakh war mobilized the American Armenian diaspora, while under peaceful transition in Lithuania American Lithuanians did not mobilize, unlike at the time of the Lithuanian Independence war in 1918–1920.
Relevance of American Diasporas for the Post-Soviet Economic Recovery and Growth of Their Homelands - 2019.
42
This paper compares the post-Soviet (1990–2014) economic growth performance of the fSU republics with that during the late Soviet period (1969-1990). The winners from the Soviet Union’s dissolution accelerated, and the losers failed to accelerate. Armenia did accelerate against the odds, while Lithuania did not accelerate. A large diaspora is reputed to be the crucial Armenian advantage, but the Lithuanian diaspora in the U.S. was much larger and affluent by 1990. However, the Nagorno-Karabakh war mobilized the American Armenian diaspora, while under peaceful transition in Lithuania American Lithuanians did not mobilize, unlike at the time of the Lithuanian Independence war in 1918–1920.
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