If you are a wealthy person living in Tajikistan, it means that either (1) you’re a governmental official, or (2) you’re a former governmental official, or (3) you’re a businessman who avoids paying taxes, or (4) you’re an entertainment star, or finally (5) you’re a drug-smuggler. If you’re not a governmental official and […]
In today’s world cooperation is a key to development and there is no other way to combat poverty, health etc. as well as new era challenges related to environmental problems, international terrorism, human trafficking and so on and so forth. In the end of January, 2007 a two-day conference was held in Dushanbe to […]
Tajik officials and the working party, established by the WTO General Council on 18 July 2001, gave very optimistic statements regarding the accession of Tajikistan to WTO. Tajikistan submitted the membership application to WTO in May, 2001 and since then many meetings were held and millions were spent to make all necessary arrangements for […]
Recently, I was arguing that Tajik migrants have become a powerful tool in Russia’s hands against Tajikistan. Tajikistan would never get in direct conflict with Russia and labor migration would be one of the main reasons for that. The contradictions over construction of Rogun power station could easily become a strong reason for further […]
Recently President Rahmon visited Japan. It was his first official visit to this country. He was attending the first Water summit which gathered forty six countries for discussion about water problems in the Asia-Pacific region. It seems like Tajikistan was considered as a strategically important country which has huge resources of water. Most of […]
According to some experts illegal migration remains to be one of the main problems for the Russian government and it has no idea how to regulate it. However, it is unquestionable that Russia benefits more than it loses from hosting illegal migrants.
Countries like Tajikistan (the labor exporting countries) are also benefiting more than losing. […]
First of all I apologize that the past ten days I have been writing so pessimistic posts. Last time I was reporting that according to Human Development Report 2007 Tajiks live the worst lives amongst the citizens of other post-Soviet countries. However, if you watch the Tajik TV (three main channels – Tojikiston, Safina […]
I suppose that many other people visiting this blog know about a rank of their country in Human Development Report for 2007, which was recently released by UNDP. There is no surprise but Tajikistan has the lowest human development (rus) rate amongst the former Soviet countries. It ranks 117th out of 177 countries.
People live […]
Recently in Kulyab region broke out a fight between 40 Chinese workers and 50 local men. Many people were injured on both sides but no one of them complained to police just to avoid more problems. IWPR makes a good report on that.
The Chinese involved in fight were ‘part of a team of 300 […]
The cotton harvest is both a source for revenue and agony. This being said that revenue only for some people and agony only for others, both do not know about each other. This is what happening in Tajikistan at present day. Local officials in the areas, where cotton is grown, force local people to […]
