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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan must look to deepen its industrial base, improve the productivity of its agricultural sector, and reduce barriers to private investment to remain on a high growth path, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — In August 2016, United States Embassy to Uzbekistan’s Deputy Chief of Mission Lesslie Viguerie attended the opening ceremonies for a new Uzbekistan border post located along the border with Tajikistan, the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent said on August 22.
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OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — Michael Tatham, Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and Robin Ord-Smith, British Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, on August 20 visited the Osh province in southern Kyrgyzstan to meet with Ahmadjan Mahammadov, Deputy Governor of Osh Oblast. The delegation also met with international organizations and visited AKF/MSDSP KG project sites in Aravan district, the British Embassy to the Kyrgyz Republic said.
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ALMATY (TCA) — A delegation from the city of Hancheng (Shaanxi Province, China) arrived in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, in search of business partners, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website on August 19. The delegation consisted of manufacturers of building materials, steel structures, electromechanical equipment, and ceramic products, as well as managers of Chinese travel agencies.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The trust of foreign investors in the banks of Uzbekistan will be strengthened and the latter’s credibility in the international financial markets will grow. To a large extent, this will be facilitated by the stable outlook awarded to them by Moody’s for the seventh time, Uzbekistan’s official Jahon information agency reports with reference to the rating agency.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, the United Nations Development Programme, the Government of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency on 19 August launched a pilot project of Kazakhstan’s ODA aimed at expanding economic independence and rights of Afghan women and entitled “Promoting Kazakhstan’s ODA Cooperation with Afghanistan”. The project will mark Kazakhstan’s first international cooperation for Afghanistan in the framework of national system of Official Development Assistance (ODA), while it helps Kazakhstan to strengthen its ability to administer its future ODA. The project is financed by the Government of Japan through the UNDP-Japan Partnership Fund, UNDP Kazakhstan reported.
