The swift formation of the new government in April 2014 set some positive political precedents. The main aims of the prime minister, Djoomart Otorbaev, are to attract investment, ensure security and tackle corruption.
Frequent protests-related to such issues as inter-ethnic tensions and foreign ownership of key economic assets-will continue to highlight weaknesses in central state institutions.

Summary 7

Basic data 8

Political structure 9

Economic structure 10

Annual indicators 10

Quarterly indicators 11

Comparative economic indicators 12

Outlook for 2015-16 13

Political outlook 13

Democracy index 14

Economic policy outlook 16

Economic forecast 17

Recent analysis 21

Politics 21

Economy 23

International assumptions summary 17

Forecast summary 19

Gross domestic product 20

Consumer price inflation 20

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