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Dr Kanat Tilekeyev is an Associate Director and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration, where he is engaged in research and capacity-building activities in agriculture and rural development, gender and employment, sustainable development and resilience in Central Asia and outside of the region. Prior to joining UCA, Tilekeyev worked as an economist in development projects and private sector (oil, food, agriculture and business consulting. He holds PhD in Economics from University of Giessen, Germany in 2012. His doctoral research defined and empirically validated the main determinants of rural poverty in Kyrgyzstan and provided recommendations for growth in agriculture.
Publications
- The Russian War in Ukraine Impact on Kyrgyzstan's Food Market and Agri-Food Sector in 2022
- K. Tilekeyev et al. (2022) Rehabilitating the Irrigation Canals in Southern Kyrgyzstan: An Impact Evaluation Study. Working Paper No. 69, March 2022, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia
- K. Tilekeyev. (2022) Labor market informality in the construction and garment industries of Kyrgyzstan. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
- K. Tilekeyev. (2021) Understanding Informal Economy in Kyrgyzstan. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
- K. Tilekeyev. Leveraging SME Finance through Value Chains in the CAREC Landlocked Economies: The Case of the Kyrgyz Republic (2021). In: Leveraging SME Finance Through Value Chains in CAREC Landlocked Countries. Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- FAO. 2020. Smallholders and family farms in Kyrgyzstan. Country study report 2019. Budapest.
- K. Tilekeyev et al. (2020) The Garment Sector and Youth Employment in Kyrgyzstan: A Value Chain Analysis. Working Paper No. 57, August 2020, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia
- K. Tilekeyev et al. (2019) Analysis of Youth Labor Market Trends in Kyrgyzstan. Working Paper No. 52, August 2019, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia
- K. Tilekeyev (2019) Leveraging SME finance through value chains in the CAREC landlocked economies: The case of Kyrgyz Republic. ADBI Working Paper Series, Paper # 972, June 2019, Asian Development Bank Institute
- K. Tilekeyev et al. (2018) Production and Exports of Kidney Beans in the Kyrgyz Republic: Value Chain Analysis. Working Paper No. 43, March 2018, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia.
- K. Tilekeyev et al. (2016) Sheep Meat Production Value Chains in the Kyrgyz Republic and Export Capacity to the EAEU Member States. Working Paper No. 36, 2016, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia.
- K. Tilekeyev (2014) Micro-, Small and Medium Enterprises in Tajikistan: Drivers of and Barriers to Growth. Working Paper No. 31, November 2014, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia
- K. Tilekeyev (2013) Productivity Implications of Participation in Export Activities: The Case of Farmers in Talas Oblast of Kyrgyzstan. Working Paper No. 17, February 2013, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia.
- How War in Ukraine Has Shaped Migration Flows in Central Asia
- Rehabilitating the Irrigation Canals in Southern Kyrgyzstan: An Impact Evaluation Study
- The Garment Sector and Youth Employment in Kyrgyzstan: A Value Chain Analysis
- Analysis of Youth Labor Market Trends in Kyrgyzstan
- Social Cohesion through Community-based Development
- Production and Exports of Kidney Beans in the Kyrgyz Republic: Value Chain Analysis
- Sheep Meat Production Value Chains
- Social Cohesion through Community-based Development Project
- Micro-, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Productivity Implications of Participation in Export Activities: The Case of Farmers in Talas Oblast of Kyrgyzstan