The EBRD loans are targeted towards supporting small and medium sized businesses, women entrepreneurs and green initiatives.

Uzbekistan will receive a $380 million concessional loan from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), and a $43 million loan from the United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund (GFC), the world’s largest climate finance institution.

Kazakhstan issues 5, 7, and 10-year sovereign bond issues worth $554 million (10 billion Russian roubles) on Moscow, Astana (Kazakhstan) exchanges.

In this region, neighbouring Georgia is automatically associated with wine. Azerbaijan, by contrast, is rarely associated with viniculture, though its roots run deep.