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Kazakhstan is considering new procurement standards to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of state spending while aiming to minimize the environmental harm of public works and services. Government contracts for goods, works and services totaled about $19.7 billion in 2023. In the past, environmental concerns didn’t figure much in state spending. But now, officials are starting…

On 28 March 2024, in the framework of the EU-funded Central Asia Invest programme, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) organised a seminar to present its latest publication assessing progress made in Improving the Legal Environment for Business and Investment in Central Asia, and discuss challenges to transport connectivity and policy responses for enhanced…

At the beginning of 2023, road freight transportation amounted to 3 million tons, including 0.8 million tons of export goods, 1.7 million tons of import goods, and 493 thousand tons of transit goods. In 2024, the volume of road freight transportation increased to 3.3 million tons, which is 9.6% more compared to the same period…

In recent years, the OECD has been actively involved in the problems of the economy of the countries of Central Asia, implementing more than a dozen projects. This review brings together recommendations prepared by the OECD for countries in the region. The countries of Central Asia traditionally include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan….

UNIDO ITPO Tokyo, jointly with Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Japan, organized a Tajikistan Business Seminar on 8 February 2024. H.E. Mr. Mirzosharif Jalolov, Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to Japan, mentioned in his Keynote Presentation about Tajikistan’s economic growth, key economic sectors such as hydropower, agricultural processing, tourism, mining and processing of metals,…