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World Bank to provide over $500 million to Afghanistan

KABUL (TCA) — The World Bank on June 13 announced a financing package for Afghanistan of more than $500 million to help the country through a difficult phase in its struggle to end poverty and to signal a long-term commitment to the country’s people. Continue reading

Kyrgyzstan to develop country’s regions

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Government of Kyrgyzstan on March 24 approved a Concept of the country’s regional development policy for the period 2018-2022, the press service of the Economy Ministry said.    Continue reading

Urban population in Kazakhstan to grow to 70 percent by 2030

ASTANA (TCA) — Urbanization will increase Kazakhstan’s competitiveness in the global arena, Zhaksybek Kulekeyev, an advisor to the director general of the Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas and a member of the Expert Council under the Government of Kazakhstan, said to the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (Primeminister.kz). Continue reading

Central Asian countries erecting new cities to cope with population explosion

BISHKEK (TCA) — As internal migration from the villages to cities remains a social and economic problem in Central Asian countries, we are republishing this article by Paul Goble, originally published by The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor: Continue reading

First EBRD-financed buses arrive in Osh in south Kyrgyzstan

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — 30 brand new buses have arrived in Osh, the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan. The buses are part of a project financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) that aims to boost safe and accessible public transport services in the city. It will also include the purchase of 24 low-floor, accessible trolley buses in the near future and pay for the modernisation of the municipal depot, the EBRD said. Continue reading

EU supports EBRD water modernization projects in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union (EU), one of the largest international donors to the Kyrgyz Republic, is providing investment grants to three projects co-financed and implemented by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). Continue reading