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Central Asia economies
January 07, 2021
How Damaging Was 2020 to Central Asia’s Economies?
By Catherine Putz
The January 2021 World Bank Global Economic Prospects report is out, heralding a “subdued” recovery for the world. How fares Central Asia?
April 04, 2017
Ranking the Central Asian States as Investment Destinations
By Stanislav Pritchin
25 years after independence, which Central Asian and South Caucasian countries are the best (and worst) places to invest?
October 25, 2016
External Shocks Continue to Put Pressure on Central Asian Economies
By Paolo Sorbello
The IMF forecasts the slowest economic recovery in almost two decades.
April 14, 2016
IMF Projects Another Bad Year for Central Asian Economies
By Catherine Putz
The causes are familiar: Russian recession and low oil prices.
January 15, 2016
Don’t Try to Exchange Your Manats for Dollars in Turkmenistan
By Catherine Putz
Ashgabat has reportedly halted the sale of foreign currencies amid worries of a devaluation.
January 01, 2016
Kazakhstan’s Cash Pile
By Catherine Putz
Central Asia’s bad year; anti-terror coalitions and backyards; recommended reads.
October 28, 2015
Managing the New Economic Normal in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
The causes of weakness and instability in the global economy are structural, a new World Bank report says.
October 07, 2015
Why Is Kazakhstan’s Currency the World’s Most Volatile?
By Casey Michel
Nazarbayev promised there would be “no upheavals” but the global economy had other plans.
September 16, 2015
What Happened to Turkmenistan’s Tiger Economy?
By Casey Michel
The tiger of Ashgabat, if it ever was, is no more.
July 21, 2015
Turkmenistan Looks to Turn Natural Gas into Plastics
By Catherine Putz
With Japanese and Turkish investment, Ashgabat hopes to make natural gas into something else.
July 06, 2015
Geoeconomics in Central Asia
By Michał Romanowski
Infrastructure and transit projects offer new opportunity for the region.
May 11, 2015
Kazakh Growth Rate to Bottom Out in 2015
By Catherine Putz
The recovery of the Kazakh economy depends on Russia and China.
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