Comments on: How to live out the black out? http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/12/18/how-to-live-out-the-black-out/ neweurasia\'s latest on Tajikistan Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:08:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: John http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/12/18/how-to-live-out-the-black-out/#comment-6716 John Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:44:21 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/12/18/how-to-live-out-the-black-out/#comment-6716 I can't help but be struck by the contrast that while Tajikistan's elites are negotiating deals to sell surplus power abroad (http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?164148), their own citizens are going without power in the winter months. I realize that ultimately this economic growth should benefit the overall economy of the country, but it would be nice to see this growth better balanced with the immediate human needs of the people of Tajikistan. I can’t help but be struck by the contrast that while Tajikistan’s elites are negotiating deals to sell surplus power abroad (http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?164148), their own citizens are going without power in the winter months.

I realize that ultimately this economic growth should benefit the overall economy of the country, but it would be nice to see this growth better balanced with the immediate human needs of the people of Tajikistan.

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