Kobil Ruziev

My main research interests include banking development and financial reform in emerging economies, SME access to formal finance, institutional economics, and economic transformation in the former Soviet Union in general and in the central Asian economies in particular.

Prior to joining the UWE Bristol in February 2013, I worked as a lecturer in Economics at Aberystwyth University in Aberystwyth, Wales, where I was Programme Leader, MSc Finance, Chair of the Postgraduate Exam Board, and School Representative at the Faculty of Social Sciences Learning and Teaching Board.

TEACHING AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Aberystwyth University Teaching Excellence Award, June 2011

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), April 2009

RESEARCH GRANTS

Jan 2009 – Mar 2011: A Study of Informal Credit Institutions in Post-communist Uzbekistan, the British Academy

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

"Economic Methodology after the Crisis", the 14th SCEME seminar in Economic Methodology, 8-9 June 2011, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales.​

Area of expertise Development and financial reform in emerging economies, SME use of formal and informal finance, institutional economics, and economic transformation in the former Soviet Union.

Publications

Ruziev, K. and Webber, D. (2018) Does connectedness improve SMEs’ access to formal finance? Evidence from post-communist economies. Post-Communist Economies. ISSN 1465-3958 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/35846 ' Ruziev, K. and Burkhanov, U. (2018) Higher education in Uzbekistan: Reforms and the changing landscape since independence. In: Huisman, J., Smolentseva, A. and Froumin, I., eds. (2018) 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries: Reform and Continuity. 1. London: Palgrave. ISBN 9783319529790 [In Press] Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31598 ' Ruziev, K. (2017) Political connectedness and formal finance in transition economies. IZA World of Labor (398). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2054-9571 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/33742 ' Ruziev, K. and Webber, D. (2017) SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter? Working Paper. UWE Bristol, UWE Bristol. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31858 ' Ruziev, K. and Burkhanov, U. (2016) Higher education reforms in Uzbekistan: Expanding vocational education at the expense of higher education? Higher Education in Russia and Beyond, 8 (2). pp. 14-15. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31596 ' Ruziev, K. and Midmore, P. (2015) Connectedness and SME financing in post-communist economies: Evidence from Uzbekistan. Journal of Development Studies, 51 (5). pp. 586-602. ISSN 0022-0388 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/24485 ' Ruziev, K. and Perdikis, N. (2014) Development and Financial Reform in Emerging Economies. London: Pickering & Chatto. ISBN 9781848934580 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/24484 ' Ruziev, K. and Dow, S. (2014) A re-evaluation of banking sector developments in transition economics: Intentions and unintended consequences. In: Ruziev, K. and Perdikis, N., eds. (2014) Development and Financial Reform in Emerging Economies. London: Pickering & Chatto, pp. 81-99. ISBN 9781848934580 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/24483 ' Ghosh, D. and Ruziev, K. (2014) Cost-determined and demand-determined prices: Lessons for the globalized world from development economics. In: Ruziev, K. and Perdikis, N., eds. (2014) Development and Financial Reform in Emerging Economies. London: Pickering & Chatto, pp. 57-65. ISBN 9781848934580 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/24482 ' Ruziev, K. and Midmore, P. (2014) Informal credit institutions in transition countries: A study of urban money lenders in post-communist Uzbekistan. Post-Communist Economies, 26 (3). pp. 415-435. ISSN 1463-1377 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22727 ' Ruziev, K. and Dow, S. (2013) A review of banking sector reforms in transition economies. Working Paper. UWE Bristol Staff Working Papers, UWE Bristol. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31859 ' Ruziev, K. and Majidov, T. (2013) Differing effects of the global financial crisis on the central asian countries: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan. Europe-Asia Studies, 65 (4). pp. 682-716. ISSN 0966-8136 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22721 ' Ruziev, K. (2012) Emerging markets. In: Toporowski, J. and Michell, J., eds. (2012) The Handbook of Critical Issues in Finance. UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 77-84. ISBN 978 1 84980 370 0 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22726 ' Majidov, T., Ghosh, D. and Ruziev, K. (2010) Keeping up with revolutions: Evolution of higher education in Uzbekistan. Economic Change and Restructuring, 43 (1). pp. 45-63. ISSN 1573-9414 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22722 ' Ruziev, K. and Ghosh, D. (2009) Banking sector development in Uzbekistan: A case of mixed blessings? Problems of Economic Transition, 52 (2). pp. 3-41. ISSN 1061-1991 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22724 ' Ruziev, K., Ghosh, D. and Dow, S. C. (2008) A stages approach to banking development in transition economies. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 31 (1). pp. 3-33. ISSN 0160-3477 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22720 ' Ruziev, K., Ghosh, D. and Dow, S. C. (2007) The Uzbek puzzle revisited: An analysis of economic performance in Uzbekistan since 1991. Central Asian Survey, 26 (1). pp. 7-30. ISSN 0263-4937 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22719 '