Central Asian Survey: Volume 25 Issue 4 This new issue contains the following articles: Social policy and development in Central Asia and the Caucasus p. 373 Authors: Armine Ishkanian The contribution of the PRSP to social policy development in Central Asia and the Caucasus p. 387 Authors: Michael Reynolds The social exclusion framework and poverty reduction strategy in Tajikistan p. 403 Authors: Babken V. Babajanian The unfinished journey from Semashko to Bismarck: health reform in Central Asia from 1991 to 2006 p. 419 Authors: Michael Borowitz; Rifat Atun Formalizing informal payments: the progress of health reform in Kyrgyzstan p. 441 Authors: Angela Baschieri; Jane Falkingham After the Cold War: international politics, domestic policy and the nuclear legacy in Kazakhstan p. 461 Authors: Cynthia Werner; Kathleen Purvis-Roberts Child mortality in Central Asia: social policy, agriculture and the environment p. 481 Authors: Jennifer Franz; Felix Fitzroy Problems and trends in education in Central Asia since 1990: the case of general secondary education in Kyrgyzstan p. 499 Authors: Alan J. Deyoung Human capital in Central Asia: trends and challenges in education p. 515 Authors: Bolormaa Shagdar Expanding state authority, cutting back local services: decentralization and its contradictions in Uzbekistan p. 533 Authors: Neema Noori Book Reviews p. 551 CESS Award for Best Graduate Student Paper p. 557