Eurasia / Features
_Cropped_1576018899.jpg)
Armenia drafts big, “revolutionary” budget
The new budget would substantially increase tax revenues and expenditures, but the government’s macroeconomic projections have been received skeptically.
Perspectives | Uzbekistan internationalises legal landscape to entice foreign investors
Two lawyers examine Uzbekistan’s plans to lure investors by using English law.
AFC Capital: Uzbekistan’s capital markets at tipping point
CMDA announces short-listing of 20 companies for IPO/SPO through Tashkent Stock Exchange.
Saxo Bank’s Outrageous Predictions 2020
What are the odds on China, Iran and Russia creating a new world currency? On Moscow slashing oil production? And on Hungary making a ‘Huxit’ while Trump gets an election hammering?
A new era of expansion and competition in Uzbekistan’s retail sector
Local retail champions are expanding aggressively in the face of competition from international players attracted by the opening up of Uzbekistan’s economy.
Uzbekistan to return to the heart of regional trading networks
Uzbekistan’s trade and FDI have soared after the reforms of the last three years. Deputy Investment and Foreign Trade Minister Laziz Kudratov outlines the next steps as Tashkent aims for WTO membership and a revival of Central Asian transport links.
Tajikistan keeps budget afloat on $1.1bn bed of debt
The plan is to raise the credit on preferential terms.
Privatisation wave to propel Uzbekistan’s capital markets overhaul
Uzbekistan is preparing state-owned companies for privatisation in tandem with drawing up plans for a new strategy to revitalise the domestic capital markets.