Yuliy Yusupov
Tashkent-based economist and independent expert; head of the Center for Assistance to Economic Development and author of his own Telegram channel, who regularly comments on economic policy in the media.
Biography
Yuliy Yusupov is an economist based in Tashkent whom the media describe as an independent expert. Spot.uz (2018), Check-point.kz (2021) and Anhor.uz (2025) present him as director of the Center for Assistance to Economic Development; the Fergana agency in 2023 called him the center's scientific director and a member of the Public Council for the Support of Entrepreneurship under the President.
By his own account, he has carried out economic research for international organizations as well as marketing research and business consulting; the research covered the development of insurance, agrarian reform and economic policy in general. He teaches short courses on rich and poor countries and is the author of the article “Prospects for the Democratization of Central Asian Countries Through the Eyes of an Economist”.
Yusupov comments on economic policy in Kun.uz, Anhor.uz, Spot.uz and other outlets and runs the Telegram channel “Yuliy Yusupov” (about 5,800 subscribers in early 2026). In August 2025 Anhor.uz summarized his channel post naming protection of property rights, predictable policy and competitive private investment as key conditions for national wealth. In February 2024 he appeared in the “Top-40: Public Opinion Leaders” ranking published by an outlet linked to the Yuksalish movement.
Life path
- 2018Interview with Spot.uz
Gave Spot.uz a year-end interview; the outlet presented him as an independent expert and director of the Center for Assistance to Economic Development.
- 2019Comments on Kun.uz
Kun.uz published his views on economic policy and the currency market.
- 2021Interview with Check-point.kz
Spoke about rich and poor countries differing in the quality of their institutions.
- 2023Public council member
The Fergana agency called him scientific director of the Center for Assistance to Economic Development and a member of the Public Council for the Support of Entrepreneurship under the President.
- 2024“Top-40” ranking
Included in the “Top-40: Public Opinion Leaders” list (28 February).
- 2025Anhor.uz article
Anhor.uz summarized his Telegram channel post on national wealth and investment (6 August).
