by Selbi Hanova, Marie Curie Fellow at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews. Executive Summary For more than two decades the research and policy community has become accustomed to view Central Asia as one region, which resulted in the development projects that linked all five Post-Soviet Central Asian states into a cohesive group….
by Selbi Hanova, Marie Curie Fellow at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews. Studying the change in development assistance is largely quantitative undertaking that requires relevant methodologies and skilled researchers that could dissect the necessary trends to showcase the impact. Largely, Post-Soviet States remain the recipients of donor funding in various areas that…
by Saipira Furstenberg , PhD Candidate at the Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen With the suspension of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, along with Azerbaijan’s withdrawal, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) finds itself at a critical juncture. In March, EITI rapped Azerbaijan over the government’s failure to fully implement “corrective actions related to civil society space,”…
