SCOPE: Mongolia, The Kyrgyz Republic, The Republic of Kazakhstan, The Republic of Uzbekistan, The Republic of Tajikistan

DATA COLLECTION METHOD: Qualitative research

SAMPLE SIZE: n=12

TIME PERIOD: 2022.10.19 – 2022.12.02

GOAL: The purpose of this study is to determine how financial services can be strengthened to better serve the needs and expectations of young entrepreneurs.

MAIN FINDINGS: This study was conducted in 5 Central Asian countries and Mongolia and included young business owners or management level officials in small, medium, and large companies. In this study, the following issues were identified.

• On doing business,
• To study the behavior, motivation and difficulties of a business,
• Management styles, types of management and the current level of digital technology (present and future conditions),
• Clarifying and confirming the conditions of banking, credit and financial services,
• To study the needs and requirements of financial products and services and non-financial products and services related to banking,
• Identify financial goods/products of interest.