Skip to main content

Economy

College students sent to pick cotton in Uzbekistan’s Khorezm region, September 2012. (Photo: IWPR)

College students sent to pick cotton in Uzbekistan’s Khorezm region, September 2012. (Photo: IWPR)

Uzbek Cotton Farms Stick to Manual Labour

18 Sep 12

Ўзбекистон: ишсизликка қарши қулай чоралар

11 Sep 12

Daring to Strike in Turkmenistan

29 Aug 12

The skyline of the Turkmen capital has been changed by glitzy new buildings, some of them containing luxury apartments. (Photo: Nathan Groth/Flickr)

The skyline of the Turkmen capital has been changed by glitzy new buildings, some of them containing luxury apartments. (Photo: Nathan Groth/Flickr)

Housing Market Confused but Booming in Turkmenistan

20 Aug 12

Turkmen Air Industry in Crisis

10 Aug 12

Subsidies Subside in Turkmenistan

1 Aug 12

Planned Inefficiency in Uzbek Cotton Sector

1 Jul 12

Silva Barkhoyan with her husband and six children. Photos like this prompted local government and an international charity to step in and help the family. (Photo: Inna Mkhitaryan)

Silva Barkhoyan with her husband and six children. Photos like this prompted local government and an international charity to step in and help the family. (Photo: Inna Mkhitaryan)

IWPR Reporters Highlight Provincial Poverty in Armenia

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

29 Jun 12

Tashpulat Yoldashev, Uzbek political analyst. (Photo: T Yoldashev)

Tashpulat Yoldashev, Uzbek political analyst. (Photo: T Yoldashev)

IMF Needs to Rethink Uzbekistan

19 Jun 12

Georgia Scraps Food VAT to Help Farmers

Critics say change will do little to bring down prices.

18 May 12

Support local journalists