Iran’s oil industry needs $200 billion in investments
TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran has said it needs $200 billion in investments to revamp its oil industry, the country’s PressTV news agency reported.
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IMF ready to assist Tajikistan’s economic and reform program
DUSHANBE (TCA) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission, led by Mr. Paul Ross, visited Tajikistan from February 1 to 10 to discuss the country’s macroeconomic policies and the structural reform agenda.
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Kyrgyzstan’s industrial policy and the need to change strategy
BISHKEK (TCA) — Official statistics and overall public opinion tell that foreign direct investment in Kyrgyzstan is declining and there is no investment at all in small and medium enterprises (SME). Kyrgyzstan has to react and the Government should understand that due to different factors such as international crisis, currency problems, cashless Russia, and Eurasian Economic Union membership, the country needs a new industrial approach with income from the China trade being replaced with local production and processing.
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Kazakhstan and Iran set up Business Council
ASTANA (TCA) — The first meeting of the Kazakhstan-Iran Business Council was held as part of the Kazakhstan-Iran business forum in Tehran on February 7 and 8.
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Kazakhstan’s exports decreasing but still exceed imports
ALMATY (TCA) — The deficit of the balance of payments of Kazakhstan for 2015 is preliminarily estimated at US $5.3 billion compared to a surplus of $6 billion in 2014. The reason is the country’s decreasing exports, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported with reference to the country’s National Bank.
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UN agency supports livestock farmers in Tajikistan
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.
