TajRupt was the first NGO from Central Asia to receive financial backing from the European Endowment for Democracy. In 2018 Azimi’s success as a social entrepreneur was recognised by Forbes who included him in their annual ’30 under 30’ list, he is the first ever Tajik to receive the honour.

Inflation has exceeded the central bank’s 3 percent target for several months. Annual price growth stood at 13.7 percent in February, down from 13.9 percent in January.

In 2021, the total volume of Azerbaijan's public debt amounted to 16.9 billion manats ($9.9 billion) or 18.2 percent of GDP.

Lenders reported a rise in total net profit of 47.3 percent year-on-year to 107.7 million manats ($63.4 million) in the first two months of the year.

Uzbekistan signed agreements for millions of U.S. dollars in investments and trade agreements, including $330 million from the EBRD for the privatisation of banks and social infrastructure projects.

Georgia’s commercial banking sector reported a rise in net profit in amount of 303,305 million lari ($94,8 million) in the first two months of this year compared with 245,483 million lari in January-February 2021.

TBC Bank is one of Georgia's two biggest commercial banks and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.