Central Asia: Is the excitement warranted? (Guest: Ben Aris)

Ben Aris is the founder and editor of BNE IntelliNews (bne.eu) and he analyses the economies of the former Soviet Union since the 1990s. In this episode, he explains how Uzbekistan as changed since the time when he lived there in 1995 and how the country is opening up its economy. He also explains why Kazakhstan has a much higher GDP per capita than its neighbours and what the economic outlook is for the other nations in the region.