BISHKEK, KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (17 January 2014) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Kyrgyz government have signed a financing agreement for the implementation of the reconstruction of a section of the Bishkek-Osh road that will strengthen national and regional connectivity and promote inclusive growth.
The Steering Committee of the Vienna 2 Initiative met on January 13, 2014 in Vienna to discuss the Initiative’s priorities for 2014. At the meeting, hosted and chaired by Raiffeisen Bank International, the following five priorities for the Vienna Initiative were agreed:...
Bank project numbers remain close to historic records. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development provided strong support to emerging economies in 2013 to help them back to a path of recovery, despite a difficult investment environment.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Political context. The political environment has been broadly stable, albeit the ongoing dispute with gold company Centerra is creating tensions. In September, the government and Centerra signed a memorandum of understanding which stipulated the exchange of 33 percent of the government’s share in Centerra for a 50 percent stake in Kumtor.
Almaty, 19 December 2013. Sergey Shatalov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board at Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), is taking part in the G20 Seoul Conference. One of the central issues on the forum’s agenda is the strengthening of dialogue and cooperation between Regional Financial Arrangements (RFAs) and between RFAs and the IMF.
Deputy Chairman of the EDB Management Board, ACF Manager, Sergey Shatalov spoke to VB about the status and prospects of Kyrgyzstan’s cooperation with Eurasian Development Bank and EurAsEC Anti-Crisis Fund (ACF).
At the end of last week, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Sergey Shatalov arrived in Bishkek. In his capacity of the coordinator of the Bank’s activity in managing the resources of the EurAsEC Anti-Crisis Fund (ACF), the Deputy Chairman of the EDB Management Board met with a number of Kyrgyzstan’s senior officials. And right after the discussions, he talked to the K-News journalist. The editors are publishing the first part of the interview, in which Sergey Shatalov speaks about the projects that Kyrgyzstan plans to implement with credit resources of the Anti-Crisis Fund.
K-News is publishing the second part of the interview with Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Eurasian Development Bank Sergey Shatalov, who has shared his views on the prospects of our Republic in the framework of the Customs Union (CU) and the ways to fight poverty.
The risk of a massive return of Kyrgyz labour migrants from the Russian Federation is not high. That is the opinion shared with K-News by Deputy Chairman of the EDB Management Board Sergey Shatalov.
The EBRD is supporting the expansion of the Kyrgyz small retail food chain, NASH, with a US$ 840,000 loan, which will partially finance the purchase of additional premises, trade and warehouse equipment and the construction of new facilities. The loan has been made under a joint EBRD-EU programmefor small business support.