Reshaping the Uzbek Economy

of placing restraints on enterprise, but governments cannot wither away: a positive role of the government is called for. They refer approvingly to the Panchayati Raj constitutional amendments that mandate elections, reserve seats for women and members of scheduled castes and tribes in panchayats, and devolve some decisionmaking to local authorities. But they arc again overwhelmed by their social diagnosis; "...it would be naive toexpect too much from them (the amendments) unless the other causes of this problem are also addressed". Decentralisation without social change is unlikely to work.