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Tajikistan economy

November 16, 2016
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.

October 28, 2016
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.

October 21, 2016
Beware the Limits of Foreign Aid in Tajikistan
By Henry James
International assistance may not go as far as some claim it will.

September 14, 2016
Assessing Tajikistan's Growth Potential
By Catherine Putz
Dushanbe is hamstrung by lack of international investor confidence, a result of perceived instability and corruption.

July 19, 2016
Tajikistan: The Eurasian Economic Union’s Next Member?
By Catherine Putz
Long rumored and rumored still, Dushanbe is reportedly exploring joining the EEU.

July 16, 2016
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.

April 26, 2016
Is Tajikistan Inching Toward a Banking Crisis?
By Catherine Putz
One major bank might be forcing some employees into unpaid vacations, local media reports.

February 12, 2016
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.”

January 05, 2016
Tajikistan: Remittance Values Fall
By Catherine Putz
While the value of remittances has indeed fallen, workers are not returning in droves as some feared.

August 04, 2015
Uzbekistan Still Hates the Rogun Dam Project
By Catherine Putz
“Uzbekistan never, and under no circumstances, will provide support to this project.”

June 23, 2015
Approved: Additional World Bank Funds for Tajikistan
By Catherine Putz
The $12 million in additional financing is for temporary employment, with no word on long term solutions.

May 27, 2015
Tough Times Ahead in Tajikistan
By Catherine Putz
A recent World Bank report has a grim outlook for Central Asia’s poorest state.