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	<title>Comments on: Tajikistan: seeking cotton investment</title>
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		<title>By: Global Voices Online &#187; Tajikistan: Meet The New Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Bonnie Boyd at Central Asia reports that the Tajik government together with World Bank is trying to solicit investment in the cotton industry. The cotton industry is one of the major sectors of the economy but the lack of investment makes it profitless. According to Bonnie, even if the investment will be solicited, the current problems in the cotton industry are hard to overcome. it does not have many value-added aspects of the industry, including ginning and baling facilities and warehouses to support those parts of cotton enterprise [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Bonnie Boyd at Central Asia reports that the Tajik government together with World Bank is trying to solicit investment in the cotton industry. The cotton industry is one of the major sectors of the economy but the lack of investment makes it profitless. According to Bonnie, even if the investment will be solicited, the current problems in the cotton industry are hard to overcome. it does not have many value-added aspects of the industry, including ginning and baling facilities and warehouses to support those parts of cotton enterprise [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Global Voices Online &#187; Tajikistan: Cotton investment</title>
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		<dc:creator>Global Voices Online &#187; Tajikistan: Cotton investment</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] The fourth-largest cotton exporter Tajikistan is seeking to raise international investment in the sector. Bonnie Boyd comments on the government&#8217;s tender which has official World Bank backing.   Share This [...]</description>
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