The benefits of agricultural sector reform in Central Asia have yet to extend to farm mechanization. Fifteen years after reform began, most producers are still either using dilapidated, obsolete, Soviet-era machinery for crop production and harvesting; or have reverted to animal traction and manual cultivation. And as machinery replacement has been minimal, the machinery park …
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The benefits of agricultural sector reform in Central Asia have yet to extend to farm mechanization. Fifteen years after reform began, most producers are still either using dilapidated, obsolete, Soviet-era machinery for crop production and harvesting; or have reverted to animal traction and manual cultivation. And as machinery replacement has been minimal, the machinery park …
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This report addresses a fundamental question facing policymakers in Uzbekistan: are worker skills hindering employment outcomes? The main finding of the report is that, indeed, worker skills gaps are hindering employment outcomes in Uzbekistan. In fact, employers, particularly formal sector employers, seek workers who possess both cognitive and non-cognitive skills. The higher employability and higher …
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The report paints a grim picture of what that world will look like. As weather extremes become the new normal and risks to food, water and energy security increase, everyone will feel the impact—particularly the poor
The energy system of Central Asian countries with a high degree of deterioration inherited from the Soviet Union requires a huge modernization of infrastructure. It should be noted that the population growth and rapid economic development of countries, which in turn in the short term will affect the growth of energy consumption.
The Central Asian conference on climate change in 2018 was organized within the Framework of the “Climate change adaptation and mitigation programs in the Aral sea basin” and it is a continuation of the world Bank’s initiative to exchange knowledge and information on climate change in Central Asia.
The acquisition of independence by the Kyrgyz Republic not only qualitatively changed its status in the world, but also imposed certain obligations arising from this status. The main objective of the project is to develop mechanisms of interdepartmental and inter-sectoral interaction in the framework of optimizing the processes of implementation of the Central Asian sustainable …
This report has been produced by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan. The PRISE consortium is comprised of the Overseas Development Institute (lead institution), UK; Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, UK; Innovations …
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The study is part of a regional project on capacity-Building and development of a strategic framework to support low-carbon development in Central Asia, which is being implemented by the United Nations environment Programme (UNEP) and funded by the government of the Republic of Korea. The regional study was developed by the regional environmental centre for …
The purpose of this working paper is to inform the Central Asian countries and the international community about the key findings of the climate change negotiations in Lima (COP 20, 2014) and the General expectations of the new global agreement on climate change, which will be discussed in December at the Conference of the Parties …
