http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2 The FPA Global Affairs Blog Network Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:12:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2/#comment-2587 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-2587 [...] 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://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/05/17/central-asia-reducing-income-inequality-part-2/#comment-2586 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-2586 [...] 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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