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StrategEast is delighted to present the first regional report and policy recommendations, “The Billion in the Distance: Central Asian IT Exports and Strategies for Growing Them,” prepared with the support of USAID and EBRD.
We wrote this report to examine how the export-oriented IT sector has been developing across all five Central Asian countries, where it stands today, and what might lie ahead. What are the export volumes? What have been the growth rates, and what is driving this growth? What has already been done, and what else could be done? In other words, what is the big picture as the region’s export-oriented IT sector begins to come into its own, with single-digit millions of exports turning into tens, hundreds, and eventually, perhaps, billions and beyond?
To answer these and other questions, we combed through numerous data sources and, most importantly, talked to more than 40 experts from every country in the region, including government officials, policy experts, and CEOs and senior managers of the largest global IT companies operating in Central Asia, as well as local tech entrepreneurs.
The result of this work is the first in-depth study to examine the Central Asian region’s export-oriented IT sector as a whole. The report’s analysis and recommendations will help country governments, international development agencies, financial institutions, and global and local IT players find the right tools to grow an export-oriented IT industry in the Central Asian region. These tools will be helpful for developing country and regional strategies by all the stakeholders listed here.
