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Kazakhstan: Queuing for Profit

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Economics & Business

Ben Paarmann reports on a business so suited for post-Soviet countries that it's a wonder no one had already launched it in Kazakhstan: standing in line for cash [1]. A new company launched by Ruslan Akkuzhin will allow people to hire someone to stand in lines for them. The person in line will then place a call to the client when near the front.