Economy

Subsidies Subside in Turkmenistan

Planned Inefficiency in Uzbek Cotton Sector

IWPR Reporters Highlight Provincial Poverty in Armenia

Local government acts to help family whose plight was shown in photo essay.

IMF Needs to Rethink Uzbekistan

Georgia Scraps Food VAT to Help Farmers

Critics say change will do little to bring down prices.

Finances a Mystery at Kabul Conference

Donors gave more than one million dollars in funding and materials, but paper trail for where this went proves elusive.

Herat Traders Fed Up With Extortion

Street sellers say they have to pay daily bribes to city officials if they want to continue working.

Uzbekistan Cuts Domestic Gas Use

Trade Through West Afghan Province on the Up

Traders say exports rising thanks to better business climate and security.

Ashgabat, Kiev Talk Non-Russian Gas Routes