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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Kyrgyz Republic Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
The Kyrgyz economy has been, since its earliest days, the most liberal and open among Central Asian countries resulting in an atypical structural transformation with limited productivity growth. It was the first Central Asian country to become a WTO member in 1998 and its trade share in GDP is...
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Central Asia's Horticulture Sector : Capitalizing on New Export Opportunities in Chinese and Russian Markets
World Bank Group - 2020
In China, changing demographics, rising incomes and shifting consumer preferences have resulted in an ever-growing demand for food that is more varied, healthier and of higher quality and this demand is set to persist well into the future. According to International Monetary Fund projections...
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Migration and brain drain
Weltbank / Europe and Central Asia Region / Office of … - 2019
The share of immigrants in Western and Eastern Europe has increased rapidly over the past four decades.Today, one of every three immigrants in the world goes to Europe. Furthermore, although globally onlyone-third of migration takes place within regions, intraregional migration is especially...
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The sooner, the better : the early economic impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Lokshin, Michael; Torre, Iván - 2020
The size of the economic shocks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the associated non-pharmaceutical interventions have not been fully assessed, because the official economic indicators have not been published. This paper provides estimates of the economic impacts of the...
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Opening-up trajectories and economic recovery : lessons after the first wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Lokshin, Michael; Torre, Iván - 2020
This paper analyzes the reopening process of countries in Europe and Central Asia after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and provides evidence on the effects of different reopening trajectories and their timing and speed on economic recovery. The analysis indicates that countries that...
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Trading Together : Reviving Middle East and North Africa Regional Integration in the Post-Covid Era
Arezki, Rabah - 2020
Part I of this report discusses the short- and medium-term growth prospects for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The region is expected to grow at a subdued rate of 0.6 percent in 2019, rising to 2.6 percent in 2020 and 2.9 percent in 2021. The growth forecast for 2019 is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644318
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Tobacco Taxation in the Eurasian Economic Union
World Bank Group - 2018
-2021 in two EAEU countries, Russia and Kazakhstan. Three scenarios are considered: (a) the low-taxation harmonization level …
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Kyrgyz Republic Economic Update, Spring 2016 : Policy Challenges in a Difficult Environment
World Bank Group - 2016
The Kyrgyz economy has remained resilient in the face of continued significant external head winds in 2015, but sources of vulnerability have increased.While overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP)growth is estimated to have slowed to 3.5 percent in 2015, this deceleration was mostly on accountof...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644524
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Debt Management Performance Assessment : Kyrgyz Republic
World Bank Group - 2016
Russia, adverse weather and the initial impact of the accession to the Eurasian Economic Union were the key contributing … factors to the worsening outlook in 2015. Weaker demand in Russia and Kazakhstan adversely affect the exports and re …-export sectors. Remittances from workers in Russia and Kazakhstan, which contribute about 30 percent of the country's economy, have …
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Investment Climate in Kyrgyz Republic : Views of Foreign Investors
International Finance Corporation - 2015
The World Bank Group's investment climate project conducted a survey of foreign investors in the Kyrgyz Republic - both those currently operating and those that have terminated their operations for various reasons. The purpose of the survey was to assess selected aspects of the investment policy...
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