Reports and Working Papers – Eurasian Development Bank

The EFSD Chief Economist Group continues the series of working papers on global financial safety net (GFSN) functioning. This working paper provides the analysis how the GFSN responded to pandemic on global level and on regional level (in the EFSD countries) 11 October 2021

The report analyses Central Asia’s water and energy complex after 30 years of independence of the five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and assesses their cooperation in the water and energy complex. The analysts have also identified the key challenges facing the Central Asian countries in addressing water and energy issues and conducted an in-depth study of the ongoing and prospective investment projects in Central Asia’s water and energy complex, including an analysis of the key players’ investment strategies and government programmes. Based on this analysis, the report preliminarily estimates the need for capital investment in the energy and water infrastructure until 2030 29 July 2021

The report estimates the potential effects of Uzbekistan’s integration with the EAEU and outlines promising areas for cooperation between the current Union member states and Uzbekistan 01 July 2021

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic policymakers now face the dilemma of whether to stimulate infrastructure development by raising debt, which may reduce future flexibility, or to strengthen their fiscal positions. In order to shed light on this issue, the present study analysed an optimal debt level, taking into account countries’ institutional characteristics. 30 November 2020