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Kazakhstan’s Agriculture after Two Decades of Independence

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 6, January 2013 By Richard Pomfret Kazakhstan is among the world’s ten leading grain exporters. The agricultural sector remains the major employer, and an important source of exports.… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s Agriculture after Two Decades of Independence

The United Arab Emirates as an Alternative Trade and Investment Partner in Central Asia

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 5, November 2012 By Sebastien Peyrouse The UAE is now Turkmenistan’s fifth-largest trade partner. The UAE presents itself as an attractive alternative partner, offering low-interest loans with no… Continue reading The United Arab Emirates as an Alternative Trade and Investment Partner in Central Asia

Landlocked Assertiveness: Mongolia’s Restructured Realism in a More Complex World

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 4, October 2012 By Mathieu Boulègue With a 17.3 percent growth rate recorded in 2011, Mongolia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Mongolian… Continue reading Landlocked Assertiveness: Mongolia’s Restructured Realism in a More Complex World

The Development Space(s) of Non-OECD Aid Donors in Southern Eurasia: A Look at the Islamic Development Bank

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 3, September 2012 By Bruno De Cordier With more than sixty percent of the IBD’s capital shares held by Gulf and other Arab economies, the bank is primarily… Continue reading The Development Space(s) of Non-OECD Aid Donors in Southern Eurasia: A Look at the Islamic Development Bank

Kazakhstan’s ‘Resource Nationalism’: Its Sources and Motives

Central Asia Economic Paper No. 2, September 2012 By Robert M. Cutler Kazakhstan’s ‘resource nationalism’ is learned behavior arising from twenty years of experience of independence. Successful administrative and financial reforms from… Continue reading Kazakhstan’s ‘Resource Nationalism’: Its Sources and Motives