- Almaty and Astana in Kazakhstan, Bishkek and Osh in the Kyrgyz Republic, and Dushanbe and Khujand in Tajikistan - connecting …-related activities, and improving the connections between the six leading cities and major regional markets, such as China, India, Russia …

In 2010, Kazakhstan entered into a customs union with Belarus and Russia. The first, relatively easy step in the … both in Kazakhstan and in the other member countries of the customs union. It is very difficult, however, to assess the …

This report on the report on the observance of standards and codes (ROSC) in Kazakhstan provides an assessment of … Kazakhstan. The report uses International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Standards on Auditing (ISA), and … recommendations aim to help the Kazakhstan Government to support the country's integration into the global economy, in particular …

Accession for Development in Russia and the CIS. The key policy conclusions of each of the chapters are highlighted in this … described here is available on the website www.worldbank.org/trade/russia-wto. This paper first explains the potential … first part treats trade policy (with applications to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS]). The second …

The aim of this report is to provide a broad overview of the current state of gender equality in Tajikistan. While the … has been eroding in recent decades. Particularly in Tajikistan, concerns have been raised that men and women have … several dimensions of gender equality both quantitatively and qualitatively. Tajikistan has set up a legal framework that …

Domestic Product (GDP) in a decade. Tajikistan clearly has the potential to grow at more than seven percent a year as it has …

effective mechanism for channeling assistance to the poor. In 2009, the Government of Tajikistan asked the World Bank to support … households. At present, Tajikistan's system of social assistance exerts almost no downward influence on poverty rates. This note …

The Government of Tajikistan has identified improving maternal and child health (MCH) as key priorities in its new … Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for maternal and child health over the next four years. Tajikistan's data on most of the MDG … set out to identify the main factors affecting two specific areas of Tajikistan's Health Information System-namely the …