Introduction to the Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
Member countries: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Main features of the Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
The Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor: a key project of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Programme
Economic impact on the CAREC Member countries of the Almaty-Bishkek
Economic Corridor: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
The objective is to create an integrated economic space
through the cross-border integration of the main cities of the region.
Countries of the area of influence of the Almaty-Bishkek
Economic Corridor (CAREC Members):
The Almaty-Bishkek Corridor economic influence area encompasses, in addition to these two cities, their respective rural influence zones and economically linked urban centers, including Lake Issyk-Kul.
Project (road): Kenen - Otar - Gvardeysky - Matibulak axis, located
between Almaty-Bishkek, with an estimated population of 30,000 people
Almaty and Bishkek have experienced positive economic growth rates
since their independence from the Soviet Union, however this growth has not
been sustainable.
The economies of Almaty and Bishkek are dominated by the services sector (retail and wholesale, logistics and finance), but these services are not
directly exported to regional markets.
Commonwealth of Independent States: Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Turkic Council: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey
Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD): Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, North Korea,
South Korea, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Estonia