Economy Archives - Voices On Cental Asia

Agricultural production in Central Asia has the potential to profit its millions of rural inhabitants. Yet the sector has thus far failed to diversity its exports, which would allow it…

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Economy

How Kazakhstan Is Trying to Reform Itself to Become a Regional Economic Hub

April 16, 2018

Among post-Soviet states, Kazakhstan was on the leading edge of reforms in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Thereafter, the reform process stalled, but with new top-down initiatives announced in…

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19 min

China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact in Central Asia

January 19, 2018

The NAC-NU Central Asia Studies Program, in partnership with GW’s Central Asia Program, has published a book on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its impact in Central Asia.…

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A Year of Economic Reforms with President Mirziyoyev

December 28, 2017

The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has concluded the year with a historic first address to the parliament. On December 22, in a four-hour speech broadcast live across Uzbekistan, Mirziyoyev…

Agriculture in Central Asia: Unlocking the Potential. An Interview with Irna Hofman

How Kazakhstan Is Trying to Reform Itself to Become a Regional Economic Hub

China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact in Central Asia

A Year of Economic Reforms with President Mirziyoyev

Women’s Perspective and the Central Asian Cinema

Central Asian Non-Conformist Art in Norton Dodge Collection

Genghis Khan, Kok-Par and Other Stories of the Great Steppe by Said Atabekov

Is There Future for the Ilkhom Theatre?

Tajik Gahvora: Harmful Tradition or Useful Childrearing Device?