ASHGABAT (TCA) — As the economic situation in Turkmenistan has worsened amid lower natural gas prices and consequently decreasing gas-export revenues, authorities have embarked on a campaign to combat corruption and embezzlement in the higher echelons of Turkmen government. Will it help the country get more much-needed cash? We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan on July 12 released a book of President Emomali Rahmon’s wit and wisdom, thus extending the strongman leader’s personality cult in the Central Asian nation, RFE/RL reported.

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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance on July 12 signed a financing package of $482.3 million in grants with the World Bank to help the country through a difficult phase in its struggle to end poverty.

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ASTANA (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and with the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on July 12 concluded a seminar focusing on Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) experience in the field of Official Development Assistance (ODA): gender equality and promotion of women’s rights, UNDP in Kazakhstan reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — An OSCE-supported international forum on the Green Bridge Partnership Programme (GBPP), a platform for promoting best practices and innovations for a green economy, started on July 12 in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana said.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Germany is aware of how important this EXPO is for Kazakhstan. It is the first time ever that the EXPO has been hosted by a Central Asian country – and that’s a great success, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at the opening of Germany’s National Day at EXPO 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 12.

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