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ASTANA (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting better regional integration — one of its core strategic priorities — by strengthening trade and transportation along the ancient Silk Road trade routes. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a US $80 million loan for the Social Health Insurance Project aimed at improving accessibility, quality, and efficiency of health service delivery in Kazakhstan as well as at reducing financial risks to the population caused by serious health problems. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — With the recent removal of the sanctions on Iran, Europe and the former Soviet republics have jumped on the platform to announce “breakthrough” deals on the occasion. Today most of those “new” deals are in fact a lot older, and it will take several years before a concrete benefit will be achieved both for Central Asia and Iran. Today Iran needs every bit of cash to cope with its huge socioeconomic problems while Central Asia access to the sea and alternative export routes has always been of high priority. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — On April 28, Kazakhstan’s capital Astana hosted the 7th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development and the inaugural session of the General Assembly of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan has attracted more than $300 million from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement projects to provide drinking water supply to rural areas and restore irrigation systems, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Domestic producers now meet 95 percent of the Kazakh population’s needs for basic food products, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported citing Deputy Agriculture Minister Gulmira Isayeva. Continue reading
