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Two forums, one pitch: the region sells resilience as the war premium fades
EconomyBrief16 Jun

Two forums, one pitch: the region sells resilience as the war premium fades

In the same week, Tashkent and Baku are both courting global capital on a promise of stability and integration. The timing is telling: with the Iran war ending, the region has to win capital on fundamentals again, after a season when someone else’s crisis did the selling.

Baku opens the Islamic Development Bank’s annual meetings as Gulf money eyes the region
EconomyBrief16 Jun

Baku opens the Islamic Development Bank’s annual meetings as Gulf money eyes the region

The Islamic Development Bank Group opened its 51st annual meetings in Baku on 16 June under the banner of regional integration. For Central Asia’s member states, it is a week to court Gulf and Islamic capital close to home.

Tashkent opens its biggest investment forum yet, with a new financial center as the prize
EconomyBrief16 Jun

Tashkent opens its biggest investment forum yet, with a new financial center as the prize

Uzbekistan opened the fifth Tashkent International Investment Forum on 16 June, with 3,423 delegates from 100 countries and a new common-law financial center at its core. The pitch is stability and reform, sold to capital that has grown choosier about where it goes.