Dreams Of A Regional Central Asian Electricity Grid
June 30th, 2017
Via Times of Central Asia, an article on Tajikistan’s dreams of a renewed Central Asian energy grid: Tajikistan, as well as Kyrgyzstan, possesses huge hydro power resources for electricity generation, but the country mainly produces electricity in summer and experiences power shortages and consequent blackouts in winter. Improved regional cooperation with neighboring countries in the […]
Read more »Potential For Technology To Help Tajikistan Diversify Its Economy
June 14th, 2017
Via the Times of Central Asia, a report on the potential of digital technology to help Tajikistan diversify its economy: Digital Tajikistan can be an important source of innovation, growth, and employment – provided that the country invests more in people’s skills, improves the business environment, and strengthens the digital infrastructure, according to a recent […]
Read more »Tajikistan, Turkmenistan: Submitting To Chinese Capture?
June 24th, 2016
Via Value Walk, an interesting look at China’s growing influence in Central Asia: Turkmenistan sits upon around one-tenth of the world’s proven natural gas reserves. Tajikistan is so poverty-stricken that around half its adult male population is forced to travel abroad in search of work. Even with their starkly different economic profiles, the two countries […]
Read more »Tajikistan: At The Center Of Central Asian Energy
June 13th, 2015
Via The World Folio, an in-depth look at Tajikistan: The commissioning of a $3.2 billion gas pipeline and hydrocarbon exploration activities put Tajikistan at the center of greenfield energy projects in the region Tajikistan is quickly transforming into a hub for international electro-energy, gas transit and transportation projects. This is largely a result to its unique […]
Read more »Gas Pains: Central Asian Clash Impacts China’s Pipeline Plans
July 31st, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, a report on the potential impact that recent Central Asian violence may have upon China’s pipeline construction plans: A fresh outbreak of border violence in Central Asia has raised doubts about China’s plan to start building a gas pipeline through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan this year. The deadly clash between border guards of […]
Read more »Silicon Kush
April 25th, 2013
Via Inc., an interesting article on how bill-payment kiosks are transforming consumers’ economic lives in Central Asia: On our first morning in Dushanbe, the Tajik police stop our car. We had been driving less than three minutes before hearing the siren squawk. Behind us, a police officer emerges from his compact Soviet-era Lada wearing a […]
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