Institutional development and the Astana international financial center in Kazakhstan

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Huang, Flora, Yeung, Horace, Bekmurzayeva, Zhanyl and Janaidar, Dina 2021. Institutional development and the Astana international financial center in Kazakhstan. Washington University Global Studies Law Review.
AuthorsHuang, Flora, Yeung, Horace, Bekmurzayeva, Zhanyl and Janaidar, Dina
Abstract

This article investigates the most recent instance of the transplantation of English corporate and financial law into a different legal environment. The Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) in Kazakhstan was launched in 2018. The AIFC has largely built on the institutional model pioneered by the Dubai International Financial Center. This key institutional innovation is the transplanting and operation of laws based on the English common law, independent of their national legal systems (civil law systems, heavily influenced by Islamic tradition, and, in the case of Kazakhstan, also Soviet socialist principles). This article seeks to contribute to the understanding of the system of Kazakhstan, a strategically located but well under-investigated country, and a potentially viable institutional model for other aspiring financial centers. To the best knowledge of the authors, this work is the first ever English academic literature on the development of the AIFC.

KeywordsKazakhstan; Astana International Financial Center; Institutions
Year2021
JournalWashington University Global Studies Law Review
PublisherWashington University
ISSN1546-6981
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625566
hdl:10545/625566
Publication datesJan 2021
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Deposited01 Feb 2021, 09:36
Accepted01 May 2020
ContributorsUniversity of Leicester, University of Derby, Academy of Public Administration, Kazakhstan and KAZGUU University, Kazakhstan
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