Rafkhat Khasanov
Expertise: FDI, fiscal policy, public finance
Background:
current positions:
Deputy Special Representative of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on FDI,
Advisor to the Vice Prime Minister,
Executive Administrator of the NGO "Investment Round Table"
Previous positions:
• Consultant to the Prime Minister's Office, Fiscal Reform Project, KPMG Barents Group, USAID, Advisor to the Vice Prime Minister on Macroeconomic Policy and Development (July - Dec. 2002)
• Head of local consultants to the Prime Minister's Office, Fiscal Reform Project, KPMG Barents Group, USAID (1999-2001)
• Economic Assisstant to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (July 1999-Sept. 1999)
• Head of the Economic Policy Department, Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (1998-1999)
• Several other appointments with the government of the Kyrgyz Republic
Additional Training:
Pew Economic Freedom Fellows Program and six-week internship in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department of the World Bank, Georgetown University, (Jan. 1999 - Jun. 1999)
- High-Level Seminar on Macroeconomic Management and the Japanese Experience of Economic Development, IMF Institute and Japan Center for International Finance, Japan, Tokyo (Feb. 1997)
- Tax Policy in Transition Economies, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department and the IMF Institute (Feb. 1995)
- Training Course on the Management of Market Economy and Korea's Development Experience, Korea Development Institute & Korea International Cooperation Agency, Seoul, Korea (March 1994)
- Financial Programming, IMF Institute (Jun. 1992 - Oct. 1992)
Awards:
Conferred the second rank of State Councilor of the State Tax Service (highest rank) by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic in recognition of the merits of successful implementation of the Tax Code (Dec. 1998)
- State Certificate of Recognition from the President of the Kyrgyz Republic for contributions to development of policies to achieve macroeconomic stabilization (May 1998)
Selected international publications:
Kyrgyzstan at a New Stage of Development
Economic Growth in Kyrgyzstan
