Against this background, what about the Asians as producers? What do economic trends imply for Uzbekistan’s labour force? If the rate of economic expansion is lagging behind the growth of the population as a whole; and if the growth rate of the younger population is exceeding that of the older age-groups, what does this mean in terms of jobs, and in terms of providing Uzbekistan’s young and working-age population with full employment? And what will be the relative places of the different nationalities in a tightening labour market?