http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:50:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Turkmenistan: spoke too soon . . . Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:47:05 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2/#comment-730 [...] Words vs. works In Turkmenistan, 58% of the people live below the poverty line.   If a large medallion incentivizes Mr. Berdymukhammedov to fix that problem, fine.  It’s just that this medal sends a very bad signal, contrary to Mr. B’s stated goals of making Turkmenistan a better place to live. [...] [...] Words vs. works In Turkmenistan, 58% of the people live below the poverty line.   If a large medallion incentivizes Mr. Berdymukhammedov to fix that problem, fine.  It’s just that this medal sends a very bad signal, contrary to Mr. B’s stated goals of making Turkmenistan a better place to live. [...]

]]> http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Tajikistan: 64% poverty, and portents for more Fri, 18 May 2007 12:40:03 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2/#comment-489 [...] According to the statistics I looked up yesterday in the CIA Fact Book, 64% of Tajikistan’s residents already live below the poverty line of USD 1 per day.  Life isn’t so good at USD 2 per day either. [...] [...] According to the statistics I looked up yesterday in the CIA Fact Book, 64% of Tajikistan’s residents already live below the poverty line of USD 1 per day.  Life isn’t so good at USD 2 per day either. [...]

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