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Mining Firms and Local Communities in Central Asia
Chair: Sean Roberts (George Washington University) Zhanyl Moldalieva (United Nations University—Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology) (Re)thinking Transparency and Accountability in Natural Resource Governance: The Case of Kyrgyzstan’s Mining Communities Nazik Imanbekova (CAP Fellow) Capacity-Building Programs in the Mining Sector of the Kyrgyz Republic Dinara Nurusheva (CAP Fellow) Development Challenges of Post-Mining Towns: The… Continue reading Mining Firms and Local Communities in Central Asia
Kazakhstan’s Accession to the WTO, Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union
In July 2015, Kazakhstan finalized its accession to the World Trade Organization after 19 years of negotiations, and intends to ratify the accession package by the end of October. With this, Kazakhstan will become the third—but the main—country of Central Asia to enter the WTO. How will this new membership impact the Kazakhstani economy? How… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Accession to the WTO, Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union
Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union: The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
In cooperation with the Harriman Institute and the US-Kazakhstan Business Association Opening Remarks: Marlene Laruelle (IERES, George Washington University) 9:30-11:00am Session I. Roundtable Martha Brill Olcott (Michigan State University) Sarah Freese (US-Kazakhstan Business Association) Alexander Cooley (Barnard College, Columbia University) Alexander Libman (German Institute for International and Security Affairs SWP) 11:30-1:00pm Session II. Kazakhstan's Perspective on the EEU… Continue reading Central Asia and the Eurasian Economic Union: The Global Picture and Country Perspectives
