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KABUL (TCA) — Poverty and unemployment in Afghanistan rose in the three years following the start of international troops withdrawing in 2011 due to a sharp fall in growth and rise in insecurity, a joint report by the Government of Afghanistan and the World Bank said on May 8. With the country continuing to struggle with sluggish growth and deteriorating security, poverty is likely to have remained at high levels. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The April 30 landslide that buried a village in southern Kyrgyzstan once more drew the attention to the long-lasting problem of people illegally building homes in areas vulnerable to natural disasters. We are republishing this article by Peter Leonard on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Real incomes of Kazakhstan’s population fell 4.5 percent last year, the largest decrease in the living standard over the past 16 years, Kazakhstan’s Ranking.kz agency reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A round table was held on January 19 dedicated to the start of a new EU funded project "Technical Assistance to the Implementation of the Sector Reform Contract: Social Protection Kyrgyzstan". The project is for two years and will be implemented by a consortium led by Oxford Policy Management, a British consulting company. The budget of the project is EUR 1,820,800, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on October 27 approved $120 million in grants for Afghanistan and discussed the 2017-2020 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) that sets out the institution’s plans for supporting the country in ending poverty. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on October 4 signed a three-year agreement to improve food security, nutrition and resilience to climate-related and economic shocks for more than 80,000 vulnerable people in four Kyrgyz provinces, the two organizations said in a joint news release. Continue reading
