In the Kyrgyz republic we focus on:
Fostering sustainable growth by strengthening regional cross-border linkages: As a landlocked economy with a limited domestic market, the Kyrgyz Republic would benefit greatly from deeper regional integration, given its important energy export potential, as well as good regional trade and transit position. In that context, the Bank will aim to help facilitate economic and trade cooperation and integration with the region, by supporting rehabilitation of critical infrastructure, strengthening the exporting sector including through access to finance and advisory, as well as supporting cross-border investments and regional cooperation projects.
Enabling SMEs to scale-up and bolster competitiveness: Outside the extractive sector, the economy is dominated by SMEs, with few mid-sized corporates in existence. While deeper regional trade links create opportunities for the best local firms, stronger operating models and core competencies will be needed to better compete. The Bank will thus support competitiveness and sustainable growth of SMEs with viable business models through investment and advisory, promoting in particular skills transfer and operational efficiency improvements, and seek to strengthen the financial sector to facilitate access to finance for SMEs, in particular in local currency. The Bank will also step up its efforts of improving the business environment through policy dialogue.
Promoting sustainability of public utilities through commercialisation and private sector participation: To address underinvestment, deficient regulatory environment, weak core competencies, poor financial and operational performance, the Bank will continue to support municipal utilities, where it has a recognized expertise and delivery model in improving operators’ financial condition, operating practices and governance, and seek to support sustainability of power sector by rehabilitating assets and developing a more attractive institutional framework for private investment.
In addition, the Bank will seek to support through the above priorities the reduction of regional economic disparities, by increasing its outreach to less developed rural areas, in particular in the southern regions, and addressing inclusion gaps in relation to gender and youth across sectors.
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The EBRD’s latest Kyrgyz Republic strategy was adopted on 10 July 2019
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Report on public comments - The EBRD in the Kyrgyz Republic: Results snapshot
EBRD forecast for Kyrgyz Republic Real GDP Growth in 2023 4.6%
EBRD forecast for Kyrgyz Republic Real GDP Growth in 2024 7.0%
Economic growth slowed to 2.9 per cent year on year in the first seven months of 2023, due to an output contraction of 11.7 per cent year on year in base metals (mostly gold), which account for more than 58 per cent of the country’s manufacturing output. Agriculture contracted as well (by 1.7 per cent year on year). In contrast, the textile sector boomed (up 40.2 per cent) on very strong external demand.
