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Dr Kanat Tilekeyev is a GSD Head of Executive Education and a Senior Research Fellow, with GSD’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration, where he is engaged in research and capacity-building projects enhancing social cohesion through community-driven development, and gender and employment in Central Asia. Prior to joining UCA, Tilekeyev has worked as an Economist and Agricultural Specialist with the Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute, and in the private sector (oil, food processing, and agricultural production). His doctoral research defined and empirically validated the main determinants of rural poverty in Kyrgyzstan, and provided recommendations for growth in agriculture.
Kanat holds Masters and PhD in Transition Studies/Economics from the Center for International Development and Environmental Research, University of Giessen, Germany, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute.
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