Tajikistan's Temporary Orphans
Many of the inmates of children’s homes in Tajikistan have been left there by desperate parents hoping to collect them again once their economic circumstances improve.
4 Apr 09
Tajikistan
No Privatisation for Strategic Energy, Metals Plants
The Tajik government has decided that the giant TADAZ aluminium plant and two major hydroelectric power stations will be excluded from future privatisation programmes.
27 Mar 09
New Law Encourages Blood Donation
Tajikistan has introduced legislation banning the export of blood and offering incentives to donors.
27 Mar 09
Health Services Inadequate in Tajik South
Residents of Qurghonteppa in southern Tajikistan say they get poor service from doctors in the state healthcare system, who will not see them unless they pay for treatment that is supposed to be free.
20 Mar 09
Farmers Reluctant to Grow Cotton
As farmers in the northern region of Soghd get ready for the planting season, many are unhappy at the prospect of growing cotton when they do not earn enough from it to repay their debts.
20 Mar 09
Central Asia: Feb '09
IWPR debate on closure of US base reflected conflicting views on implications for the country.
20 Mar 09
Job Fairs Slow to Take Off
To ease the homecoming of migrant workers returning from Russia, the Tajik authorities are now holding job fairs in the capital Dushanbe.
17 Mar 09
Media Freedom or Creeping Control?
As Tajikistan marked its national press day on March 11, journalists were divided on how much real freedom the media enjoy.
14 Mar 09
NGOs Push for Election Monitoring Rights
A group of Tajik NGOs has asked the country’s parliament to change the law to allow independent monitoring of elections by local organisations.
14 Mar 09
Kyrgyzstan: Alarm at Tribal Claim to Separate Status
Acceding to one group’s demands for formal recognition as separate ethnicity could open Pandora’s box, analysts warn.
11 Mar 09
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