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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2021
    Northern America, Central Asia, Western Asia, Europe

    This publication is based on the “Study on Fraud in Land Administration Systems” presented at the Twelfth Session of the Working Party on Land Administration in 2021. It is an update to the 2011 “Study on the Challenges of Fraud to Land Administration Institutions" (ECE/HBP/165). It analyses the current state of play and best practices in addressing fraud in land administration systems in the ECE region.

  2. Library Resource
    External finance for rural development

    Country case study: Uzbekistan

    Reports & Research
    December, 2020
    Uzbekistan

    This country case study summarises key findings from a country analysis of financing for rural development in Uzbekistan. It is one of 20 analyses that is synthesised for comparison in Prizzon et al. (2020).


    The case study has two main objectives:


    • to map demand from the Government of Uzbekistan over the next five to 10 years for external development assistance to support public investment in inclusive and sustainable rural development


  3. Library Resource
    Politics or profits along the “Silk Road”: what drives Chinese farms in Tajikistan and helps them thrive?
    Peer-reviewed publication
    October, 2016
    Tajikistan, China

    China’s influence in neighboring Central Asian states is growing at a fast pace. Since the launch of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative to accelerate China’s engagement in Central Asia and beyond, nearly all Chinese activity in this region has been gathered under OBOR. OBOR now seems to cover a plethora of spatially and temporally expanding state and privately driven projects. In this paper, I discuss large- and small-scale Chinese farm enterprises in Tajikistan, in which discussions around China’s “global land investments” and OBOR intersect.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2016
    Central Asia, Uzbekistan

    This report focuses on the analysis of livelihood type-specific behaviors regarding household
    choices in land use and management practices. This is a contribution to the overarching
    framework of “Integrated Systems Analysis and Modeling in Aral Sea Region” activity within
    Dryland System CRP. The report is based on further analysis of baseline data collected within
    “Innovation Platform” activity, surveyed and reported in 2015 (Rudenko 2015). Preliminary
    analysis of household survey data including description of the study area and the content of

  5. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    December, 2011
    Kazakhstan

    Kazakhstan land is rich with position of biological, climatic, cultural and natural variety, which promotes the tempestuous development of the tourist business. As it is well known, tourist business is a highly profitable branch to economic activity. Exactly so one of the priority direction of the economy in Kazakhstan is determined "tourist cluster". Its shaping means the development to tourist industry, making the tourist products and rendering the tourist services, which can compete on the world market.

  6. Library Resource

    Views of Foreign Investors

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    November, 2015
    Kyrgyzstan, Europe, Central Asia

    The World Bank Group’s investment climate project conducted a survey of foreign investors in the Kyrgyz Republic - both those currently operating and those that have terminated their operations for various reasons. The purpose of the survey was to assess selected aspects of the investment policy and legal environment in place in the Kyrgyz Republic, so as to determine whether the current regulations are investment-conducive or otherwise.

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