@techreport{de62bb4dc9c74d15ae4060979c37decd,
title = "The Kumtor gold mine and the rise of resource nationalism in Kyrgyzstan",
abstract = "Kyrgyzstan{\textquoteright}s mining sector has become the battleground on which a number of players, namely the government, the opposition, local communities, and transnational corporations, defend their interests. No other site illustrates this point more than the country{\textquoteright}s most prized asset, namely the gold mine at Kumtor, located some 350 kilometers south-east of the capital city of Bishkek. Kumtor is the country{\textquoteright}s main source of hard currency, a vital contributor to the country{\textquoteright}s GDP, and the single largest private employer. Since 1997, when production started, Kumtor has emerged as one of the most contentious issues in the small Central Asian republic{\textquoteright}s socio-economic and political life.",
keywords = "Kyrgyzstan, Kumtor, Mining sector, Gold, Resource nationalism, Social contention, Central Asia",
author = "Matteo Fumagalli",
year = "2015",
month = aug,
day = "21",
language = "English",
series = "Central Asia Economic Paper Series",
publisher = "George Washington University, Central Asia Program",
number = "16",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "George Washington University, Central Asia Program",
}