<p>In February 2009 trying to navigate the financial crisis the government of Kazakhstan took a decisive step in restructuring its three banks. Kazakhstan rejected the bailout strategy and rejected a bad bank/good bank framework. <em>Risk Recovery and Empowerment</em> is a qualitative investigative analysis told by the author a finance partitioner who devised and led the implementation of the over $30 billion Burden-Sharing Framework that became an international benchmark and redefined trade finance by introducing the term and analysis of 'true trade finance'.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Before creating a tech startup (Blingby) and being awarded U.S. Patents a Kazakhstan Patent and Chinese Patents Marcia-Elizabeth C. Favale (aka Favale-Tarter) had an illustrious career in finance. She was ranked by <em>Institutional Investor Magazine</em> as the Top Analyst for Emerging Market Corporate Bond Research (April 2006). She was the senior advisor to the prime minister of Kazakhstan (2009-2013) and the independent restructuring advisor to BTA Bank and Samruk-Kazyna with her advisory firm ranked alongside UBS and Lazard as CEE Restructuring Firm by <em>Euromoney Magazine</em> (February 2010) amongst other accolades.</p>