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Relevance of American Diasporas for the Post-Soviet Economic Recovery and Growth of Their Homelands. Armenia and Lithuania in Comparison

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  • Zenonas Norkus
  • Aelita Ambrulevičiūtė
  • Vaidas Morkevičius

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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.

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  • Zenonas Norkus & Aelita Ambrulevičiūtė & Vaidas Morkevičius, 2019. "Relevance of American Diasporas for the Post-Soviet Economic Recovery and Growth of Their Homelands. Armenia and Lithuania in Comparison," Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest, Presses Universitaires de France, vol. 0(1), pages 207-239.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:recpuf:receo1_501_0207
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