IWPR

Tepid Response to Cut-Price Fuel

Syria Media Report, 07-Apr-09

Call for Closer Ties With South America

Syria Media Report, 07-Apr-09

Schools Put to the Test

Pupils in their penultimate year of school are being tested under an international assessment scheme in which Kyrgyzstan fared badly last time round.

Cheap Building Materials Prove False Economy

An influx of substandard building materials in the southern Batken region is costing householders dear.

Uzbeks Seek Funding for Major Road Project

Samarkand Revives Ancient Craft

Northern Town Plagued by Flies

Khujand in northern Tajikistan is full of clouds of midges, some of them carrying tropical diseases.

TB Hits Tajikistan's Poorest

Southern Tajikistan is the focus of a widespread tuberculosis problem that appears closely linked to poverty.

Tajikistan's Temporary Orphans

Many of the inmates of children’s homes in Tajikistan have been left there by desperate parents hoping to collect them again once their economic circumstances improve.

Arranged Marriages a Thriving Business

But some say women are being tricked into entering temporary unions.