IWPR

Institute for War & Peace Reporting

Stories by the Author

Rural Kyrgyz Return to Folk Healers

Traditional healers are still popular in the more remote parts of Kyrgyzstan, despite warnings from the medical profession that their folk remedies do not work.

21 Apr 09

Teachers Forced to Leave Jobs

Government gives no reason why teaching staff are being summarily dispatched to work as paper-pushers in distant locations.

20 Apr 09

Experts Prescribe Strict Diet for Tajik Economy

Economists say Tajikistan should focus more on building up manufacturing and rely less on exporting raw commodities.

18 Apr 09

Dushanbe Hostel Residents Left Stranded

In a city where homelessness is already a problem, over 100 families in Dushanbe are being thrown out of the worker’s hostel where they live.

18 Apr 09

Government Short of Cash to Build Free Trade Zones

Hopes are being placed in two free economic zones in the north and south of Tajikistan, but the government is short of cash to put them into operation.

18 Apr 09