Archive for the ‘Kyrgyzstan’ Category

Gold, Conflict and Liberty in Kyrgyzstan
February 15th, 2023

Via Emerging Europe, a detailed look at Kyrgyzstan: Currently enjoying the highest economic growth of any country in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan is a failed state no more. ‘Tell investors we’re coming’, says the country’s former ambassador to the UK Edil Baisalov.  Edil Baisalov spent years fighting for democracy in Kyrgyzstan […]

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Central Asia’s Economic Prospects in 2023
January 11th, 2023

Via The Diplomat, a look at Central Asia’s economic prospects in the year ahead: The World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report warns of a sharp downturn, with the clouds of a possible recession gathering amid high inflation and interest rates, sluggish investment, and the reverberations of the Russian war in Ukraine. According to the World Bank’s […]

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A Resilient Kyrgyz Economy
December 6th, 2022

Via Times of Central Asia, a report on the resiliency of Kyrgyzstan’s economy: The Kyrgyz economy has shown resilience to the spillovers from the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a statement at the end of its official staff visit to Kyrgyzstan on December 2. The country’s real GDP grew by […]

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Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: The Poorest Countries in Central Asia
November 15th, 2022

Via Eurasia Review, commentary on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and how they are faring in the geopolitical void engulfing Central Asia at present: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are probably the most dependent on Russia of all the Central Asian states. Some 1.1 million migrant laborers from Kyrgyzstan and 1.6 million from Tajikistan worked abroad in 2021, most in Russia. According to […]

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China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Move Railway Plans Forward With Agreement at SCO
October 1st, 2022

Via The Diplomat, an article on how – under the September 14 agreement – China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan will jointly fund a feasibility study of a proposed route through Kyrgyzstan necessary to bring the CKU Railway into being: As expected, earlier this month on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, China, […]

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EBRD: Central Asia Resilient In Face of Geopolitical Turmoil
September 28th, 2022

Via Times of Central Asia, a look at Central Asia’s resilience during the challenge The economies of Central Asia are showing strong resilience to the geopolitical adversities caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reports in its latest Regional Economic Prospects on September 28. The EBRD is expecting […]

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Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.