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New Kazakh leader will prioritise caution over change

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KAZAKHSTAN

Challenges facing Kazakhstan under a new president.

Uzbek economic reform actions do not include politics

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UZBEKISTAN

Currency exchange liberalisation starting with a 100% devaluation on September 5 is the first substantive domestic policy reform of Shavqat Mirzioyev's presidency. A year after…

Uzbek reforms are dynamic but rely on leader's drive

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UZBEKISTAN

Since coming to power in 2016, Uzbek President Shavqat Mirzioyev has launched wide-ranging structural and economic reforms. There has been progress on economic change, although…

Kazakh banks are still fragile despite recent gains

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KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan's banking sector.

Tajik bond issue is symptom of chronic debt addiction

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TAJIKISTAN

Tajikistan's search for loans.

Kazakh fiscal buffers soften oil and COVID-19 blows

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KAZAKHSTAN

The projected fiscal deficit of 3.5% of GDP assumes a forecast 2.1% economic contraction this year. The authorities have used their ample fiscal space and large sovereign wealth…

Uzbekistan sees economic but not political reforms

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UZBEKISTAN

The extents of reform in Uzbekistan.

Russia's falling population cannot meet labour needs

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RUSSIA

Demographic decline now appears inevitable, leading to a smaller, less productive working-age population. In addition to short-term disruptions caused by pandemic-related…