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TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on May 24 approved a US $20 million IDA credit for the Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre Project in Uzbekistan. The goal of the project is to improve the efficiency and accessibility of the real property registry and cadastre system as part of the national e-Government structure and services, the World Bank said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Security forces in Kazakhstan detained hundreds of journalists, activists, and demonstrators on May 21 in various Kazakh cities amid a call by the opposition for nationwide demonstrations against changes to the country’s Land Code, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan have intensified a crackdown on activists ahead of planned nationwide protests on May 21 against controversial new legislation on the privatization of agricultural land in the country, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported on May 18. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — On May 6 the USAID Land Reform and Farm Restructuring Project hosted a conference to discuss implementation of a newly established law regarding dehkan (small farmer) farms in Tajikistan, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe said on May 12. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — As Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev on May 5 postponed the implementation of a controversial law on the privatization of state-owned agricultural land in the country, we are republishing an article originally published by Stratfor, entitled “In Kazakhstan, instability is the lay of the land”, which analyzes the reasons behind the decision. The article is below: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — At the government meeting on May 5, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that the country’s agricultural sector needs investment to increase productivity, the presidential press service reported. Continue reading
