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    Kyrgyzstan must move beyond a 'patchwork of interventions'

    What can the Central Asia country do to take control of its own development vision? Devex spoke with Bohdan Krawchenko, director general of the University of Central Asia, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

    By Michael Igoe // 31 October 2016

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    Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked Central Asian country with a population of only 5.7 million, is still struggling to find its economic footing as an independent country two and a half decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

    The country, draped across the soaring Tien Shan and Pamir mountain ranges, remains one of the poorest in the world. Despite perennial calls for Kyrgyzstan and its neighbors to return to the glorious mercantile past of the Silk Road, it’s hard to point to many signs of that kind of economic dynamism today. Tourism, mining, hydropower and agriculture all hold a lot of potential, but effective development of those industries will require a thoughtful approach, Bohdan Krawchenko, a post-Soviet policy expert and the current director general of the University of Central Asia, told Devex.

    Devex sat down with Krawchenko, who helped found Ukraine’s Institute of Public Administration in 1991, at his office in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to learn more about the disconnect between donor-led efforts to boost Kyrgyzstan’s prospects and the country’s own responsibility to chart a more considered course for development.

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      Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.

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