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Strategy for development cooperation with Central Asia 2006-2009 Reference No.: UD 06.029
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Strategy for development cooperation with Central Asia, 2006-2009
Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the democratic process in Central Asia was initially reform-minded, but this has since given way to increasingly authoritarian tendencies. No reform efforts are currently evident in either Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan. Sweden will focus its development assistance on the poorest countries, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Both these countries have poverty reduction strategies.