🛒🌏 The Central Asian countries form a market with a population of 75.3 million people.

In 2020, the total GDP of the Central Asian countries amounted to 291.1 billion dollars, foreign trade turnover was 142.5 billion dollars.

In anticipation of the Third Central Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club we re-post our infographic on the economic development of Central Asia. The Conference will tale place on May 16-17, 2023, in Tomsk, Russia.

📌 Programme

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🛤 Central Asia is a region with a large transit potential in the global transport system, but the lack of access to the sea and problems in the interaction between the countries of the region hinder the effective use of these opportunities.

In anticipation of the Third Central Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club we re-post our infographic on transport corridors of Central Asia. The full infographic is available on the website.

📌 Programme of the Third Central Asian Conference

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📈🌏 The average annual economic growth rate of the countries of Central Asia has been 6.2% over the past 20 years.

At the same time, developing countries grew at a rate of 5.3%, while the world as a whole grew at an average of 2.6% annually.

The growth of export earnings, remittances from labor migrants and the volume of foreign direct investment contributed to the increase in incomes of the population and the reduction of poverty.

Especially for the Third Central Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club we created an infographic on the economic development of Central Asia. The full infographic is available via this link.

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🪙🌏 Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan intend to expand the practice of mutual settlements in national currencies, said Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Central Asian countries. Within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a roadmap for the transition to settlements in national currencies is being developed.

Especially for the Third Central Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club we created an infographic on the transition of Central Asian countries to settlements in national currencies. The full infographic is available via this link.

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🌏 The anti-Russian sanctions of the West did not change the structure of the Central Asian economies, did not cause a sharp reorientation to the markets toward the EU or China, and did not lead to a full-scale collapse.

Especially for the Third Central Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club we created an infographic on Central Asia in the new geopolitical reality. The full infographic is available via this link.

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