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Title: TURKMENISTAN - The Domestic Market.
Publication: APS Review Downstream Trends (Newsletter)
Date: September 20, 2004
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 63 Issue: 12Distributed by Thompson Gale

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Natural gas, electricity and water are supplied to the country's urban population free of charge. In 2001 the government began to provide gas and water to the rural areas as well. But people in the Kara-kum desert, which spans much of the country, still do not have access to electricity or running water, although Turkmenistan exports electricity to Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan. Oil, gas and power supplied to local industries and businesses are heavily subsidised, as in the case of refined oil consumed by the people. Also heavily subsidised are bread and public transport. Niyazov is strongly opposed to charging the people for gas and power or phasing out subsidies. He believes through heavy subsidies and free gas...