Sustainable growth, job creation focus of new World Bank strategy in Uzbekistan

TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on June 14 discussed a new Country Partnership Framework for Uzbekistan for 2016-2020. The new strategy is aligned with the country’s own goal of achieving upper middle-income status by 2030 by increasing the economy’s competitiveness, improving the business environment, and developing its infrastructure to support rapid job creation, the World Bank said.

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Sergey Kwan

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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Tajik-Chinese industrial zone to be established in Tajik city of Istiklol

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Construction of a large metallurgical plant to produce zinc and lead has begun in the city of Istiklol in the Sughd province in northern Tajikistan. It will be the first production facility of a new Tajik-Chinese industrial zone in the city, Avesta news agency reported.

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Sergey Kwan

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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Kazakh government adjusts economic policy

ASTANA (TCA) — At the meeting of the Government of Kazakhstan on June 14, Prime Minister Karim Massimov said the President of Kazakhstan had approved some adjustments to the country’s current economic policy, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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Sergey Kwan

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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UN Information and Resource Center opens in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The first UN Information and Resource Center (UN IRC) in Tajikistan was officially inaugurated on June 13 by Sirodjiddin Aslov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, and Ms. Cihan Sultanoglu, UN Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, Regional Director of the United Nations Development Programme for Eastern Europe and CIS countries.

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Sergey Kwan

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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Foreign direct investments reduce in Kyrgyzstan in first quarter

BISHKEK (TCA) — Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Kyrgyzstan in January-March 2016 reduced 2.1-fold on-year and amounted to $150 million, the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic said on June 8.

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Sergey Kwan

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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Mailuu-Suu, a mining town in Kyrgyzstan, has been identified by the EU as one of the priority sites

EU and EBRD help rehabilitate Kyrgyzstan’s uranium mine sites

BISHKEK (TCA) — A joint mission by the European Commission (EC) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have tackled the problem of uranium legacy mining sites in Kyrgyzstan. On June 13 and 14, the mission has focused on the next steps to take together with the Kyrgyz Republic, the European Union’s Delegation to Kyrgyzstan said.

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Sergey Kwan

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Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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