Lyaziza Sabyrova

Regional Head, Regional Cooperation and Integration, ADB Central and West Asia Department

Lyaziza Sabyrova leads the regional cooperation and integration team in the Central and West Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank. It includes the Secretariat for the Central Asia Regional Cooperation (CAREC) Program.

After obtaining her PhD degree in Economics from Indiana University (Bloomington, IN, USA), Lyaziza joined ADB in 2000. She worked on infrastructure projects in the People’s Republic of China, and in Central Asia and South Caucasus regions. She was posted in ADB’s Resident Mission in the Kyrgyz Republic from 2006-2008. In the following three years, she was on a special leave from the ADB, during which she was a Deputy Director of an independent private economic think tank in Kazakhstan, the RAKURS Center for Economic Analysis. More recently, she led the preparations of ADB's Country Partnership Strategies for several Central Asian and South Caucasus countries, steered the work of the CAREC Institute, and was involved in the Department’s analytical work and knowledge management.

Greater trade diversification will help CAREC countries respond to external shocks. Photo: ADB

Five Steps to Economic Resilience in the Caucasus and Central Asia

The ability of the economies of the Caucasus and Central Asia to effectively respond to external shocks critically depends on their cooperation in diversifying trade and transport routes. The right policies and development of the Middle Corridor is a key to success.

Eugene Zhukov, Lyaziza Sabyrova, Roman Mogilevskii

Increasing the role of women in green jobs will have positive impacts across the economy. Photo: ADB

Empowering Women as Central Asia Builds a Green Economy

Increasing women's presence in green jobs, particularly in technology, improves their livelihoods while helping meet the demand for labor during a green transition.

Xiaohong Yang, Lyaziza Sabyrova, Zulfia Karimova