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Poverty & Hunger

Republic of

Tajikistan

In the early years of the 21st Century

 

Description: Description: Tajikistan

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*** Extreme Weather ***

The Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan are witnessing extreme weather conditions, which are largely attributed to glacial retreats driven by climate change.

Approximately 1,000 out of Tajikistan’s 8,000 glaciers are at risk of melting. These glaciers feed not only Tajikistan but also other Central Asian nations with fresh water through complex river systems.

By 2050, a third of these glaciers may disappear entirely, impacting water availability and security in the region.  adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot

*** ARCHIVES ***

The World Factbook - Tajikistan

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA

www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html

[accessed 17 November 2020]

World Factbook website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tajikistan/

[accessed 11 January 2021]

ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - poor, mountainous country with an economy dominated by mineral extraction, metals processing, agriculture, and reliance on remittances from citizens working abroad

GDP - per capita (PPP): $3,200 (2017 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 43%

industry: 10.6%

services: 46.4% (2016 est.)

Unemployment rate: 2.4% (2016 est.)

Population below poverty line: 31.5% (2016 est.)

Maternal mortality rate: 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 28.8 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69 years

Drinking water source: improved: total: 83.5% of population

Physicians density: 2.1 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Sanitation facility access: improved: total: 99.4% of population

Electricity access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016)

The Borgen Project - Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/category/tajikistan/

[accessed 14 March 2021]

The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the United States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for the world’s poor.  It is an innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy.  It believes that leaders of the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote, nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living conditions for those living on less than $1 per day.

~ Tajikistan During The Covid-19 Pandemic

borgenproject.org/tajikistan-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

~ Examining Women’s Rights In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/womens-rights-in-tajikistan/

~ Children With Disabilities In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/children-with-disabilities-in-tajikistan/

~ 4 Nonprofits Fighting Poverty In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/poverty-in-tajikistan/

~ Removing Landmines In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/landmines-in-tajikistan/

~ 5 Projects Fighting Hunger In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/hunger-in-tajikistan/

~ 10 Facts About Poverty In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-poverty-in-tajikistan/

~ Agriculture Projects In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/projects-in-tajikistan/

~ Improving Roads In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/improving-roads-in-tajikistan/

~ Alleviating Food Shortages In Tajikistan

borgenproject.org/food-shortages-in-tajikistan/

Central Asian Heat Wave And Drought Creating Water Shortages, Crop Failures

Bruce Pannier, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty RFE/RL, 24 June 24 June 2021

www.rferl.org/a/central-asian-drought-water-shortages/31324012.html?ltflags=mailer

[accessed 24 June 2021]

The Drought -- For several months it has been obvious Central Asia was heading into a period of severe drought.

The massive Toktogul Reservoir in Kyrgyzstan is a bellwether for 2021 in Central Asia.

Already in March, officials in Kyrgyzstan were warning the level of water in the reservoir was alarmingly low -- 8.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) -- well below the capacity of 19.5 bcm.

The World Bank in Tajikistan

www.worldbank.org/en/country/tajikistan/overview

[accessed 21 April 2021]

GDP growth in Tajikistan remained strong in 2019 at 7.5%. Growth in 2020 is expected to fall to 1% or lower, reflecting the implications of the pandemic and the slowdown in Russia and China..

Looking back a few years …

Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations

www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Tajikistan-ECONOMY.html

[accessed 12 January 2021]

Tajikistan is the poorest of the post-Soviet republics with a per capita income in 2001 of less than $300 ($1,140 in purchasing power parity terms—PPP—terms) and an estimated 80% of the population below the poverty line.

The official unemployment rate for 2001 was 20% but observers estimate that the true figure is about one-third unemployed. Many Tajiks are forced to go abroad for work, and as of 2001, an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 live and work abroad, permanently or seasonally. With the formal economy failing to lift most of the population out of poverty, it in not surprising that added to the country's problems are reports of increased drug smuggling from neighboring Afghanistan.

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