Enhancing Competitiveness in Central Asia
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have recorded
impressive economic growth rates since 2000, driven mainly by the export of commodities
and labour. However, the end of the commodity super-cycle and the recent economic
slowdown highlighted the risks inherent in this reliance on minerals exports and remittances,
as well as the challenges to be overcome to achieve more stable and inclusive growth.
The Central Asian countries have long recognised the importance of enhancing the competitiveness
of their economies, diversifying the production structures and improving the resilience
to external shocks. This will require ambitious reforms in three areas: governance,
connectivity, and business environment. This publication focuses mostly on aspects
of the business environment and reflects several years of OECD work with Central Asian
countries on access to finance, business internationalisation and skills development.
Each of the country case studies presented here is the result of a country-specific
project carried out by the OECD, hand-in-hand with the governments of Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
Published on February 26, 2018Also available in: Russian
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