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IMF ready to assist Tajikistan’s economic and reform program

DUSHANBE (TCA) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission, led by Mr. Paul Ross, visited Tajikistan from February 1 to 10 to discuss the country’s macroeconomic policies and the structural reform agenda. Continue reading

World Bank survey measures economic slowdown impact on Tajik households

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The results of the high frequency survey Listening to Tajikistan covering the period of September to November 2015 were published on February 8 on the World Bank Tajikistan website. The survey aimed at measuring the impact of the economic slowdown in 2015 on households in Tajikistan was initiated by the World Bank in May 2015, with the opening of the high season for many workers from Tajikistan working abroad. Continue reading

New remittance rules to penalize money recipients in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE (TCA) — An equivalent of up to US $50 million may be lost by Tajik families that receive money remittances from their relatives working in Russia and which are sent in Russian rubles, Avesta news agency reported. Continue reading

Central Asian labor migrants leaving Russia, Kyrgyz tend to stay

BISHKEK (TCA) — Remittances from Kyrgyz labor migrants abroad decreased by 37 percent in 2015 compared with 2014, Kyrgyzstan’s National Bank said. In 2014, labor migrants sent home $2.17 billion and only $1.41 billion for 9 months of 2015. Continue reading

Central Asia outlook for 2016: a geopolitical stalemate

BISHKEK (TCA) — Politically and economically, Central Asia will largely depend on Russia’s and China’s recovery and any prediction for 2016 can make sense only with consideration of the political and economic capabilities of these two countries. Continue reading