A lot of my friends
were eager to leave Belgium and discover the world! Now, we’re finally off, so let’s
hope we’ll all have a great time!
The first country that
we and our group visit is Tajikistan. As Lisa already mentioned, Tajikistan and
their Tajiks are one of the poorest populations on earth. But how can we interpret
this fact? I will try to explain you the economic “development” that the
country experienced.
Tajikistan was
the poorest country during the Soviet Union and is the poorest country in
Central Asia. Reasons include: corruption, uneven economic reforms and mismanagement
of the economic leaders. Moreover, the country depends on international
assistance, which means they can’t trade on their own… A good example is the
bridge between Tajikistan and Afghanistan built in 2004. This bridge was built
to improve the trade between South Asia and Tajikistan. But this bridge isn’t
built by Tajiks or Afghans, no. The United States of America are responsible
for this construction. This example reflects the poor situation in which the
Tajiks live.
What should you do if
your own country can’t give you the economic security you need? Personally, I
would look somewhere else, somewhere I can find a future, a better life… And
that’s exactly what the Tajiks do. Whether they emigrate to another country
such as Russia or they go working abroad.
We already know that
Tajikistan hasn’t a lot of earnings. But still there must be a source of income.
But what does it contains? In fact, it’s a mixture of legal and illegal revenues.
The legal sources of income consist of incomes earned by the aluminum
production, cotton and remittances from migrant workers. The drug traffic
nourishes the illegal checkout. Heroin and raw opium are the most popular types
of drugs trade in Tajikistan. Moreover, Tajikistan is on the third place when
it comes to illegal heroin traffic.
This was my first
blog, I hope you learned something more about a country that isn’t well-known
at all. But at the same time I think that this country increased your general
knowledge.
Kind regards
Jorick Verschraegen
Tajikistan week 1(Economics)
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