Publications

Governments across Central Asia have invested significantly in both the hardware andsoftware of trade: railways, roads and ports, as well as digital systems. But new infrastructuredoes not make trade easier if exporters still face a slow and poorly connected bureaucracy,even after its procedures have been modernized and moved online.

The research examines how young people in Kyrgyzstan understand and engage in civic participation amid shrinking civic space, growing uncertainty, unequal opportunities, and changing forms of participation.

The first step in CAPS Unlock’s long-term effort to build a deeper, regionally grounded understanding of Central Asia-China relations.

The TURN IT AROUND! cards show that young people across Central Asia are already articulating clarity, urgency and moral imagination.