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Tajikistan economy

Junk Bond Sale and Development Aid: How to Build a Road and a Dam in Tajikistan
By Catherine Putz
From the ADB to junk bond-hungry investors, Dushanbe is pulling in financial help. But will it make a difference?

Central Asian Central Banks Play with Rates to Boost Growth
By Paolo Sorbello
Sliding out of crisis, how are regional central banks handling their monetary realities?

Ranking the Central Asian States as Investment Destinations
By Stanislav Pritchin
25 years after independence, which Central Asian and South Caucasian countries are the best (and worst) places to invest?

Slight Improvements in 'Monetary Welfare' in Tajikistan
By Catherine Putz
A World Bank survey program finds small improvements in well-being in Tajikistan, but remittances remain an issue.

Tajikistan's Aluminum Company Lives on Subsidies and Debt Write-Offs
By Catherine Putz
Tajikistan, hoping to score a bailout from the IMF, is making unbelievable promises to lower electricity subsidies.

Beware the Limits of Foreign Aid in Tajikistan
By Henry James
International assistance may not go as far as some claim it will.

Assessing Tajikistan's Growth Potential
By Catherine Putz
Dushanbe is hamstrung by lack of international investor confidence, a result of perceived instability and corruption.

Tajikistan: The Eurasian Economic Union’s Next Member?
By Catherine Putz
Long rumored and rumored still, Dushanbe is reportedly exploring joining the EEU.

Speaking of the South China Sea: International Law, Arbitrals, and Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
Also Uzbek militants and Tajikistan forgot the insulin; weekend reads.

Is Tajikistan Inching Toward a Banking Crisis?
By Catherine Putz
One major bank might be forcing some employees into unpaid vacations, local media reports.

More Bad News for Tajikistan's Economy: Vulnerability in the Banking Sector
By Catherine Putz
The IMF stands ready to help, “provided the authorities take early and substantial policy actions.”

Tajikistan: Remittance Values Fall
By Catherine Putz
While the value of remittances has indeed fallen, workers are not returning in droves as some feared.