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  "path": "/2026/02/how-central-asias-financial-markets-are-quietly-taking-shape/",
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  "textContent": "The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.\n\nFor much of the past three decades, Central Asia has been viewed primarily through the lens of commodities, infrastructure and geopolitics. Finance, when mentioned at all, was usually treated as a supporting function rather than a driver of development. That perception is beginning to change. Across the region, and particularly in Kazakhstan, financial markets are…\n\nThe post How Central Asia’s Financial Markets Are Quietly Taking Shape appeared first on The Astana Times.",
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