Said Yakhyoev

Assistant, Europe and Central Asia Program

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Said joined BIC in March 2008 as a Europe and Central Asia Program intern. Before joining BIC, Said completed a professional development program at the Aga Khan Foundation USA where he supported development projects in Central Asia. He has also interned with FINCA international in Washington DC and Canadian Embassy in Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. Before his graduate studies, he worked two years at the Aga Khan Humanities Project and ACTED in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Said received an MA in international Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame and a MA in Political Science from the OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan. While at the OSCE Academy and Notre Dame, Said developed interest in correlation of economic development and conflict as well as political economy of development in general. He completed his undergraduate degree in Tajikistan studying international economics and foreign languages. He speaks fluent Russian and converses in French. 

Azerbaijan Europe/Central Asia Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Mongolia Russia Accountability at the EBRD Environmental & Social Policies at the EBRD IFI Governance Transparency at the EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development