2021-06-09

Public Lecture ‘Technical Expertise as a Means of Influence in the Politics of Business Taxation Reforms in Kyrgyzstan’

On 9 June the OSCE Academy hosted the online lecture ‘Technical expertise as a means of influence in the politics of business taxation reforms in Kyrgyzstan’. The Speaker - Ms. Yulia Poskakukhina, former researcher and lecturer in political science at the University of Amsterdam, has shared the conclusions of her research on Foreign aid to institutional reforms and the role of technical expertise as a political resource.

During the lecture Ms. Poskakukhina discussed the case of four reforms to business taxation that unfolded in Kyrgyzstan in 2010-2016 and business leaders' mobilization of analytical evidence and public pressure in the legislative contest.

The presentation was followed by a Q&A session and was concluded by recommendation for future research.