If Astana and Tashkent can tackle long-term obstacles to growth, there’s great potential in the region.

Strongly criticized by the president, some small banks in Kazakhstan are asking for help from the state to withstand a liquidity crisis.

Sliding out of crisis, how are regional central banks handling their monetary realities?

An expensive billboard for Kazakhstan's slow transition to clean energy.

Commodity prices have found a “new normal” but copper is doing much better.

The International Labor Organization notes “serious obstacles” to establishment of unions.

After centralizing privately-held pensions into an agency run by the Central Bank, Astana made a few questionable investments.

As Astana enters an upturn, sustaining reform momentum will be vital as will confronting corruption.

25 years after independence, which Central Asian and South Caucasian countries are the best (and worst) places to invest?

Central Asia’s borders and Stalin; radio in the region and more; recommended links.

The next US president seems to have a predilection for praising autocrats.

The country's two largest banks -- Halyk Bank and Qazkom -- could merge next year

The last Soviet republic to declare independence has come a long way since 1991, but challenges remain.

The IMF forecasts the slowest economic recovery in almost two decades.

The oil project met its deadline, but will it be sustainable?

Bilateral trade between the strategic partners, however, remains depressed.