Comments on: Tajikistan: Is Global Integration Possible?

By: Tajik Boy

Tajik Boy — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:16:39 +0000

One thing they do not understand that having joined this Institution we must give up your national priorities like supporting poor people and eliminating poverty.

If fighting poverty is a national priority then, given our lack of progress therein, we are pretty much doomed. I think we need to invest into education and invest heavily. That may be the only way out.

Being aware of requirements and tarifs for trade Tajikistan will have to increase the payment for gas, electricity, water and some other facilities that will become a burden for people.

I am not sure that tariffs would skyrocket that badly. Kygyzstan has already joined WTO and with per capita GDP slightly above that of Tajikistan, it can boast with higher economic growth rates.

I understand there will always be those who would want to “protect” national “producers”. Progress takes certain risks… The fact is we have nothing (pretty much) to lose here… we are at rock bottom economically so the only way is up.

By: Alisher

Alisher — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:58:41 +0000

I dissent with the idea of government that joining the WTO is a panacea from all your problems. One thing they do not understand that having joined this Institution we must give up your national priorities like supporting poor people and eleminating poverty. Being aware of requirements and tarifs for trade Tajikistan will have to increase the payment for gas, electricity, water and some other facilities that will become a burden for people. Thus, the poverty will incredibly thrive. I hope the wisdom will come from God to those low educated people that first they must work to evolve national economy and then to think about WTO. Apart of it, a simple example is China where economy flourished first, then it decided to join just the WTO in 2001.

By: Ataman Rakin

Ataman Rakin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:52:45 +0000

Ohlala, we’re getting esoteric. lol

By: ESTEEM

ESTEEM — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:40:43 +0000

hi.I so glad to hear about rising OUR Beautiful Tajikistan To the summit of Blossom. It makes me happy because we have to join our powers toward perfection of all particles of It. Please, do not misuse ur knowledges. Its enough salinity we have to fetch sweet future to our land.
The convoy of hope is endless and for that reason everything is possible Global Integration, pollitical perfection,economical rise,technological improvement and etc………..

By: Ataman Rakin

Ataman Rakin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:14:32 +0000

“Tajikistan: Is Global Integration Possible?”

Of course it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t2djYIEnXY&feature=related

Dedicated to my favorite virtual sparring partner Tajikbacha.

By: Chucho

Chucho — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:32:16 +0000

Tajik Boy
Yes Indeed, your opinions somehow could be right but the thing is we do not have any comparative advantage, yes we have some goods but they don’t have any capacity in the world market. So what we gonna trade with them, oh well, it will be good enough for our population because of good and cheap quality of goods will come in but what about our small and big enterprices. We will send a tones of our cotton, weat and other primary goods which does not have any capacity. We are poor country because we are landlocked country and we do not have a lot of choice for trading.

Ok, i have a great respect for your opinions but you have to think aslo cretically. I think, i am not sure about it yet, i am still thinking about to find our comparative advantage first through education or to improve our tourism instead of cotton fields. We have a lot of good places and good mountains, so i mean it gonna be hard for us but if we find our comparative advantage in Central Asia, other things will just come to our Economy.
I would like to know your opinions about to find our comparative advantage and to take monopolistic power in Central Asia.

By: Tajik Boy

Tajik Boy — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:06:48 +0000

Chucho,

You are raising a good point here. The economic freedom has a flip side as you pointed out, but nothing and nobody prohibits the government to set environmental/economic standards to avoid the disasters you describe.

The question is do we have wise enough people to see the problem before it becomes too late. We often praise ourselves for being the progressive nation of our time in Central Asia, but we can’t seem to break through the mold today (i.e. think outside the box) when it comes to solving our own most mundane problems (water, the airline, etc.) It is indeed a shame.

By: Chucho

Chucho — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:52:10 +0000

Joining Tajikistan to WTO will be one of a big mistake in Tajik history. As I know, one of them Mexico, what is going on in Mexico now? It is the result of WTO. If Tajikistan joins to the WTO, their will be a big competition between foreign and Tajik firms and all tajik firms will fail. All International capital will enter to our lovely Tajikistan and they will take everything which we have. They will pollute our environment and they will leave on time when people start to suffer from environmental damage.
There is only one thing to educate people and to make our own economic world.

By: Doroud

Doroud — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:00:25 +0000

What is going on today, must not go on tomorrow, and this is only possible with education…So long as our youth is illiterate, nothing will change, and we will undergo the Middle Ages in the 21’st century. Those who have the power for international integration are just enjoying themselves too much to even look up the meaning of this phrase in the dictionary…

By: Tajik Boy

Tajik Boy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:00:46 +0000

We need a cold-headed and pragmatic approach to our problems… The leaders need to think of all these problems as puzzles they were chosen to solve. Then, and only then, we might have some kind of future.