The states of Central Asia are awash with oil, gas, and precious minerals. Yet in an era of shifting global markets and the inexorable march towards renewable energy...
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Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of Russia closing in on the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk...
Landlocked Tajikistan recently featured prominently in two key reports—one highlighting its stellar growth and another naming it as one of the least democratic countries...
Fossil fuels have long powered Central Asia’s economies but have also made the region vulnerable to price fluctuations and pollution. Can abundant renewable...
Waves of migration from Russia brought capital to Georgia and boosted domestic demand in 2022, and sanctions on Russia have increased the prominence of Georgia’s...
Uzbekistan’s impressive high-speed rail lines have proven to be a major boon for the country’s economy and an example of well-planned public infrastructure. While much...
The Covid-19 pandemic and measures to contain it have caused joblessness and domestic violence to spike in the Kyrgyz Republic, with GDP expected to sink by 10 per cent...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant-financed knowledge and support technical assistance project to help Armenia improve resilience to the coronavirus...
The World Bank has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic could have a detrimental and long-lasting impact on education and human capital, economic and social development in...
The number of health-related public procurement tenders announced by governments and international organisations in emerging Europe increased by 80 per cent in the first...
The World Bank has announced that it will provide a new loan of 50 million US dollars to finance around half of Armenia’s budget deficit projected for 2019 and to...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced that it will allocate 60 million US dollars to co-finance the construction of a highway tunnel...
Despite a less supportive external economic environment, the resilience and the fundamentals of the Georgian economy remain strong, the delegation of the International...