Kazakhstan & Central Asia Business Forecast Report

Published: 8 Jul 2010 Quarterly   

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The Kazakhstan & Central Asia Business Forecast Report provides essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

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Report Description

The Kazakhstan & Central Asia Business Forecast Report helps businesses with Kazakhstani & Central Asian market assessment, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in Kazakhstan & Central Asia and is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in this emerging market.

This report covers Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

An influential new analysis of Kazakhstan & Central Asia's political, economic and financial prospects through end-2014, just published by award-winning forecasters, Business Monitor International.

Key Uses

  • Forecast the pace and stability of Kazakhstan & Central Asia's economic and industry growth through end-2014
  • Identify and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in Kazakhstan & Central Asia, to facilitate risk mitigation
  • Assess the critical shortcomings of Kazakhstan & Central Asia's business environment that pose hidden barriers and costs to corporate profitability
  • Contextualise Kazakhstan & Central Asia's country risks against regional peers using BMI's country comparative risk ratings system
  • Target business opportunities in Kazakhstan & Central Asia's high-growth industry sectors
  • Evaluate external threats to doing business in Kazakhstan & Central Asia, including currency volatility, the commodity price boom and protectionist policies

The Kazakhstan & Central Asia Business Forecast Report by Business Monitor International (BMI) includes two major sections: Kazakhstan & Central Asia's Political Outlook and Kazakhstan & Central Asia's Economic Outlook.

Kazakhstan & Central Asia's Political Outlook:

What are the political risks to doing business in Kazakhstan & Central Asia over the next 5-years?

BMI's Kazakhstan & Central Asia Country Risk Ratings evaluate the short- and medium-term threats posed by government instability, adverse economic policy-making, deterioration in the business environment and external shocks.

Kazakhstan & Central Asia Political Outlook Contents

  • SWOT Analysis for the Kazakhstani & Central Asian Market
    Political strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing Kazakhstan & Central Asia.
  • Political Stability and Risk Assessment for Kazakhstan & Central Asia
    BMI's Risk Ratings assess explicit short and long-term risks to political stability; latest ratings, rankings and trends for Kazakhstan & Central Asia's risk are compared with regional and global averages.
  • Current Administration and Policy-making in Kazakhstan & Central Asia
    BMI profiles key policy-makers and power-brokers in the Kazakhstani & Central Asian government, assessing threats to the continuity of Kazakhstani & Central Asian economic policy, and likely changes to the business operating environment through end-2018.
  • Kazakhstani & Central Asian Foreign Policy
    BMI examines key trends and shifts in Kazakhstan & Central Asia's foreign relations and alignments with regional neighbours, the United States and Europe, focusing on external influences.

Key Benefits

  • Benchmark Kazakhstan & Central Asia's risk profile against its neighbours, the global and regional average, allowing easy comparison of risks between key business markets.
  • Identify, evaluate and anticipate political and security risks to the business environment in Kazakhstan & Central Asia, and to your company's current operations and future plans.
  • Gain valuable insights into the Kazakhstani & Central Asian government and policy-making, through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their exclusive network of private and public sector sources.

Kazakhstan & Central Asia's Economic Outlook:

How will Kazakhstani & Central Asian economic policy-making and performance impact on corporate profitability over 2009-2014?

BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for Kazakhstan & Central Asia through end-2014 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate Kazakhstani & Central Asian growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including central bank policy, on profitability.

Kazakhstan & Central Asia Economic Outlook Contents

The Kazakhstan & Central Asia Business Forecast Report features explicit BMI economic forecasts for country, with supporting commentary and analysis, for end-2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 set against Kazakhstani & Central Asian government views. Underpinning our Kazakhstan & Central Asia forecasts are key assumptions for the global economy through end-2014, covering growth, inflation, employment, trade and investment, interest and exchange rates in the US, Japan and the Euro-zone.

Coverage of Key Economic Issues in Kazakhstan & Central Asia

  • Economic Activity in Kazakhstan & Central Asia
    Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer confidence)
  • Fiscal Policy in Kazakhstan & Central Asia
    Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
  • Monetary Policy in Kazakhstan & Central Asia
    Interest rate trends (bank lending and deposit rates); inflation (retail price inflation, consumer price inflation); exchange rate policy in country; currency controls; influence of foreign direct investment inflows; exchange rates and foreign exchange reserves
  • Balance of Payments in Kazakhstan & Central Asia
    Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current and capital account balances
  • Foreign Direct Investment in Kazakhstan & Central Asia
    Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment climate
  • Kazakhstani & Central Asian External Debt
    Debt profile (short- and long-term debt; public and private sector exposure)

Key Benefits

  • Rely upon BMI's 100% independent Forecast Scenarios for Kazakhstan & Central Asia and underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
  • Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic database on Kazakhstan & Central Asia, sourced and fully maintained by BMI from an extensive network of private sector, government and multilateral contacts.
  • Gain key insights into the current and future direction of Kazakhstani & Central Asian government economic policy

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