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  "textContent": "The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.\n\nALMATY — Central Asia is growing fast: Kazakhstan is expanding at around 5%, and Uzbekistan is exceeding 6%. Yet beneath these headline figures lies a more familiar economic reality, where exports remain heavily concentrated in commodities, productivity outside resource sectors is still limited, and much of the growth continues to be driven by the state…\n\nThe post Future Is Not Just AI: What Will Actually Drive Central Asia? appeared first on The Astana Times.",
  "title": "Future Is Not Just AI: What Will Actually Drive Central Asia?"
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