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For subscribers » Economy » Crisis in Central Asia | 23 February 2009

What are the consequences of the global economic crisis in Central Asia? What are growth risks and factors in the regional economies?

For subscribers » Investment bulletins » Central Asia Investment Bulletin | 23 February 2009

Macroeconomic, financial, investment and energy news from Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries

For subscribers » Investment bulletins » Central Asia Investment Bulletin | 16 February 2009

Macroeconomic, financial, investment and energy news from Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries

For subscribers » Banking » Kazakhstan Banking Report 4th quarter 2008 | 5 February 2009

Analytical report on the development of Kazakhstan's banking sector in the fourth quarter of 2008.

For subscribers » Banking » Nationalization of the banking sector | 2 February 2009

Samruk-Kazyna state fund will acquire 78.14% of shares in BTA bank, Kazakhstan's largest bank, by purchasing the additional issue of 29.9m of the bank’s ordinary shares. The government will also acquire control over fourth largest Kazakh bank, Alliance bank. The takeover of control by the government over Alliance and BTA banks signifies the restructuring of the banking sector in favour of the state.

For subscribers » Investment bulletins » Central Asia Investment Bulletin | 30 January 2009

Macroeconomic, financial, investment and energy news from Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries

For subscribers » Investment bulletins » Central Asia Investment Bulletin | 23 January 2009

Macroeconomic, financial, investment and energy news from Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries

For subscribers » Economy » Time bomb | 21 January 2009

A sharp growth in inflation (29.8% in Tajikistan and 26.3% in Kyrgyzstan) and a decrease in investment activity in all Central Asian countries, currency fluctuations, the growing imports and the falling exports and consumer demand – all these factors are helping recession hit the national economies of the regional countries.

For subscribers » Other » Shambolic activity | 21 January 2009

Last December has fully proven itself as a time of drawing up summary of everything and everywhere. The Samruk-Kazyna National Prosperity Fund (sovereign wealth fund), headed by Kayrat Kelimbetov, was one of those excelled.

For subscribers » Other » Pandora's box | 21 January 2009

One of the main problems in Central Asia is the continuing outflow of labour to foreign countries. This mostly concerns Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and remittances account for significant part of the first two countries’ GDP: up to 54% in Tajikistan and about 40% in Kyrgyzstan.

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