Uzbekistan
US and Chinese slowdown will tip the world into recession, says IIF
The worsening economic data coming out of the US and yet another coronavirus lockdown in China will tip the world into a global recession, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) said in a note on July 1.
Protesters march in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan to defend right to secession
Rare show of public dissent prompted by Uzbekistan’s ongoing constitutional reforms.
FPRI BMB Ukraine: Central Asia surprisingly neutral on Russian war in Ukraine
To the surprise of many, each of the Central Asian Republics has maintained a neutral stance on Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.
Uzbekistan hit twice in a week by Ukraine war sanctions
Tashkent loses bank deal and suffers blow as company accused by US of supplying microchips to Russian military-industrial complex.
A maze of smuggler tunnels: the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border
The four smuggling tunnels found so far may only be a small part of the total.
Death of China-to-Russia cargo transit routes means it’s all aboard for Kazakhstan
Vladimir Putin wants to reorientate Russian trade east and south. To some extent, such a strategy will be complicated by an avoid-Russia-at-all-costs mentality drawing commerce to a ‘Middle Corridor’.
bneGREEN: Coal investment remains major threat to green dream
An 8% rise in global energy investment in 2022 to $2.4 trillion, driven by a 12% rise in clean energy spending, is still far from enough to tackle the energy crisis and to put the world on the path to a greener and more secure energy future.
COMMENT: Why replenished ties between Uzbekistan and Turkey suit both Tashkent and Ankara
For the Uzbeks, the strategic relationship helps with the balancing act between the big powers. For the Turks, it builds regional influence in line with the pan-Turkic agenda.
CEE inflation spreading across whole region, set to last for years
Inflation is being driven up by the food crisis and disrupted supply chains, first during the pandemic and now due to the war in Ukraine, leading to fears of stagflation for the whole world.
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Book review | China’s “detached” power
A new book exposes the hollowness of many Western assumptions about China’s role in Central Asia.
World hit by interest rate and inflation shock says IIF
The world’s economy is being hit by an inflation and interest rate shock that shows no sign of abating, Institute of International Finance (IIF) said in a recent paper.
Uzbekistan’s IT sector on fire and targeting the vast US market
One country’s brain drain is another country’s gain. In the competitive business of IT outsourcing, Uzbekistan wants to wind up on the right side of that equation.
As Russian economy sputters, UK lures Central Asian labour migrants
More than 7,000 Kyrgyz nationals applied for seasonal farming jobs in Britain
ASH: Welcome to the new age of inflation
The debate around inflation is centre-stage at present, with headline and PPI inflation soaring globally in response to a range of factors but including climate change/transition and Covid-related supply disruptions.
COMMENT: Uzbekistan’s constitutional reforms are for the people
Every modern constitution claims to speak for the public. “We the People,” the US Constitution famously begins. Uzbekistan’s own Soviet era constitution, passed in 1978, declared grandly that “all power” belonged to the people. It didn’t.
Uzbekistan, Russia's Rosatom discuss 'cost optimisation' for nuclear plant
Tashkent indicates it has concerns that the project may not be economically feasible.
'Sugar rush' in Uzbekistan as prices skyrocket
Officials say logistics difficulties have hit Brazilian sugar cane deliveries. Queues causing tensions as sugar resellers attempt to capitalise.
Artel becomes largest private company to place bond on Tashkent Stock Exchange
Artel Electronics, Central Asia’s leading electronics and home appliances manufacturer, achieves corporate bond milestone in Uzbekistan.
bneGREEN: UN stresses green issues are key to reducing poverty and boosting sustainability
Maintaining a healthy planet and ensuring prosperity for all requires a renewed emphasis on reducing environmental impact, sustainability and changing the way the current economic system works.
CENTRAL ASIA BLOG: Whisper it, but work on 25-year-old China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project may finally start
Freight dispatchers desire to avoid sanctioned Russia may have motivated Chinese officials to get a move on.
