CENTRAL ASIA: Lagging welfare reform affects stability

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In this article

  • Turkmen pension cuts
  • Niyazov's rationale
  • Implications
  • Kazakh pension reform
  • Uzbek and Kyrgyz pension changes
  • Uzbek variant
  • Kyrgyz variant
  • Health sector problems
  • Informal payments
  • Proportional payments
  • Higher salaries
  • Community responses
  • Outlook

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