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Asian Investors Pour $68 Billion Into Central Asia as Energy Overtakes Extractives

By Aida Haidar  on 24 February 2026

ASTANA — Foreign direct investment (FDI) stock from Asian countries into Central Asian economies grew 2.3 times between 2016 and the first half of 2025, rising from $29.9 billion to $68 billion, according to data from the Eurasian Development Bank. According to the bank’s Monitoring of Mutual Investments report...