Investment and Competitiveness in Central Asia

 

‌‌This project is carried out by the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme in the context of the OECD Central Asia Initiative (CAI). It seeks to create a sound business climate for investment, enhance productivity, support entrepreneurship, develop the private sector and build knowledge-based economies. The project combines analytical work, capacity-building activities and monitoring of reform implementation for six of the seven countries covered by the CAI. The project is financed by the European Union, DG DEVCO. Country-specific work is peer reviewed at the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable.

 

Project Reports

The reports summarise the findings and policy recommendations stemming from the project and are peer reviewed at the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable, the platform for policy dialogue, knowledge sharing and peer learning for the region. Available reports include:

• Afghanistan 
  Boosting private sector development and entrepreneurship in Afghanistan (2019)  English | Dari

• Kyrgyzstan 
  Country-specific work seeks to support Kyrgyzstan in increasing its competitiveness. It is implemented jointly by the OECD and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). Four reports have been peer reviewed at the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable: 
  Monitoring competitiveness reforms in Kyrgyzstan (2016) 
  Improving Supply Chain Financing in the Kyrgyz Republic: The Case of Agriculture (2014) 
  Improving Skills through Public-Private Partnerships in the Kyrgyz Republic: The Case of Agribusiness (2014) 
  Expanding the Garment Industry in the Kyrgyz Republic (2014)

• Mongolia 
  Country-specific work with Mongolia aims to support access to finance for Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises. The report has been peer reviewed at the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable: 
  Enhancing access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Mongolia (2016)

• Tajikistan 
  Country-specific work with Tajikistan aims at improving SME development through stronger access to finance and at promoting the growth of exports in the agribusiness sector. Three reports have been peer reviewed at the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable:
  Monitoring competitiveness reforms in Tajikistan (2017)
  Enhancing access to finance for SME development in Tajikistan (2015) 
  Increasing exports in Tajikistan: The case of agribusiness (2015) 

• Turkmenistan 
  Country-specific work with Turkmenistan should start in 2019 in the next phase of the project. It will be peer reviewed at the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable in 2019. 

• Uzbekistan 
  Country-specific work with Uzbekistan aims to help the Government support SME exports. The following report has been peer reviewed at the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable in 2017:
  Boosting SME Internationalisation in Uzbekistan through better export promotion policies (2017)

 

Contact us For more information about the project please contact: Gregory Lecomte, Senior Policy Analyst Gregory.LECOMTE@oecd.org  Follow us on: @OECDeurasia

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