Policy development in Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan

Our aim in this paper is to assess Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan's attempts towards global integration in a comparative perspective. Both countries have made attempts towards international integration, although the speed of integration varies between the countries. For instance, Kyrgyz Republic has been a fast reformer, while the reform process has been relatively slow in Tajikistan. Despite a huge variation in the speed of reforms, both countries suffers from a number of problems. The experience of these two countries can provide useful policy insights to other Central Asian countries.