DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) last week signed an agreement to finance the Livestock and Pasture Development Project II (LPDP), an initiative that aims to reduce the vulnerability of pastoral communities to climate change threats.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The results of the high frequency survey Listening to Tajikistan covering the period of September to November 2015 were published on February 8 on the World Bank Tajikistan website. The survey aimed at measuring the impact of the economic slowdown in 2015 on households in Tajikistan was initiated by the World Bank in May 2015, with the opening of the high season for many workers from Tajikistan working abroad.
TEHRAN (TCA) — A delegation of 260 Kazakh traders and industrialists headed by the country’s Investment and Development Minister Asset Issekeshev is currently visiting Iran to forge new business relations between the two nations, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported on February 8.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan can increase exports to Vietnam, Deputy Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Timur Zhaksylykov said on February 8, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — More than 32 thousand work permits were given to foreign nationals in Kazakhstan last year, according to the country’s Ministry of Health and Social Development, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported on February 8.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting its support for private sector development in Turkmenistan by extending a US $2.1 million loan to the private transport company Avtotrans.
