LONDON (TCA) — Many tend to agree that the story of Kyrgyzstan in post-Soviet times is the most interesting, that of Tajikistan the most hopeless and that of Turkmenistan, “the world’s last aristocracy”, the most boring. What they have in common is historic evidence that the availability of local resources does not generate overall domestic prosperity, and that elite, clan and corruption all have their own agenda.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $240.3 million loan to help Kazakhstan modernize its transport system. Improved transport connectivity will help increase trade links between Kazakhstan and the markets in East Asia, the Caspian Sea region, and further to Europe, ADB’s Country Office in Kazakhstan said on August 29.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan has received the first, US $20 million tranche of the financial credit from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilisation and Development (EFSD) managed by Eurasian Development Bank (EDB). The tranche was extended as a result of the country’s compliance with all the conditions precedent for its provision set forth by the Resolution of the EFSD Council dated 8 December 2015 and the Loan Agreement signed on 15 August 2016 between EDB and the Republic of Tajikistan, EDB said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov has been hospitalized and is receiving “in-patient medical treatment,” the press service of the Uzbek president announced on August 28.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Small volumes and irregularity of supply are the main problems of Kyrgyz agricultural producers. A business forum held on August 25 in Bishkek discussed development prospects of the agricultural sector in Kyrgyzstan.
