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11 Feb 2016

Kyrgyzstan’s industrial policy and the need to change strategy

February 11, 2016
By Giorgio Fiacconi, TCA publisher

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.

Giorgio Fiacconi, TCA publisher

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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10 Feb 2016

NEWS

Kazakhstan and Iran set up Business Council

February 10, 2016
By TCA

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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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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10 Feb 2016

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Kazakhstan’s exports decreasing but still exceed imports

February 10, 2016
By TCA

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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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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10 Feb 2016

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UN agency supports livestock farmers in Tajikistan

February 10, 2016
By TCA

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.

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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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10 Feb 2016

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World Bank survey measures economic slowdown impact on Tajik households

February 10, 2016
By TCA

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.

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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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09 Feb 2016

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Kazakhstan and Iran could capture Eurasian market

February 9, 2016
By TCA

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.

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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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