Islamic Finance and the State in Central Asia

In: Central Asian Affairs
Author: Alexander Wolters 1
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  • 1 Academy American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
Online Publication Date:
03 Oct 2016
In:
Volume 3: Issue 4
Article Type:
Research Article
Page Count:
360–384
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/22142290-00304003
Keywords:
Islamic Banking; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; state; economics; finance

Islamic finance is a rather recent phenomenon in Central Asia. Only with the beginning of the financial crisis in 2007 did the cooperation between the states and the Islamic Development Bank result in domestic initiatives to establish forms of Islamic banking. The case studies in this article indicate a correlation between the subsequent development of such initiatives and the unfolding political crises. The states in Central Asia were eager to connect to available streams of Islamic investment capital in the early stages of the financial crisis. Their commitment to further adapt, however, declined when they entered periods of political crisis that brought about quick and sudden reshuffles of reform priorities.

In:
Central Asian Affairs
E-ISSN:
2214-2290
Print ISSN:
2214-2282
Publisher:
Brill
Cover Central Asian Affairs
Subjects:
Area Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
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     See, for example, “Kazakhstan nachal vnedryat’ islamskiy banking,” Deutsche Welle, May 4, 2012, http://www.dw.com/ru/kazaxstan-nachal-vnedryat’-islamskij-banking/a-15925120 (accessed January 29, 2016).

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     See, for example, “Kazakhstan Turns to Sukuk After Eurobond Offering Dropped: Islamic Finance,” Bloomberg, July 29, 2010, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010–07–29/kazakhstan-turns-to-sukuk-after-eurobond-offering-dropped-islamic-finance.html (accessed January 29, 2016).

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     See, for example, “Kazakhstan poka ne ochen’ uspeshen v razvitii islamskogo finansirovaniya,” Liter, November 17, 2015, http://liter.kz/mobile/ru/articles/show/14121-kazahstan_poka_ne_ochen_uspeshen_v_razvitii_islamskogo_finansirovaniya (accessed January 29, 2016).

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     Aliyev, “The Politics of Islamic Finance in Central Asia and South Caucasus”; “Informatsiya po islamskim principam finansirovaniya i bankovskogo dela,” National Bank of Kyrgyzstan (2012); “Kyrgyzstan: Islamic Banking Offers Alternative to the ‘European System’,” Eurasianet, June 14, 2011, http://www.eurasianet.org/node/63675 (accessed January 29, 2016).

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     See Alieyev (2012); “Islamic Corporation for Development of Private Sector provides $11 mln to Uzbek banks,” Trend, April 6, 2012, http://en.trend.az/capital/business/2011143.html (accessed January 29, 2016); Asadov and Gazikhanov, “Ijarah’s Prospects in Central Asia.”
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     At least at the beginning of 2016, neither Ipak Yuli Bank nor Uzbek Leasing International or Uzpromstroybank, another idb partner, use Islamic financial instruments for their operations according to their websites.

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