Migrants return home to Tajikistan

April 28, 2009 · Filed Under English · Comment 

By Rayhan Demetrie
[BBC News], Dushanbe - Usually at this time of the year, thousands of migrants would be travelling abroad in search of seasonal work.
Last year over a million Tajiks found work abroad, mainly on construction sites in Russia.
But the Russian building industry is at a standstill, and as a result Tajikistan is experiencing a [...]

Remittances are a Lifeline in Tajikistan

February 4, 2009 · Filed Under English · Comment 

The financial crisis that is affecting the industrialized countries is now beginning to hit the migrant workers, hard. Mr. Dilip Ratha, a senior economist at the World Bank, reports “a serious moderation in the growth of remittances”. The decline will be less severe than for other flows such as foreign investment, but its effects will [...]

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