Countries and Regions

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Country Assistance Plans - Tajikistan

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VIII. Economic and Sector Work Program

78. Economic and sector work will be the basis for ADB assistance and focused on the most urgent needs of Tajikistan. Since Tajikistan became a member in 1998, ADB has completed a Social Needs Assessment, an Environmental Profile, and a country briefing paper "Women in Tajikistan" in addition to energy and transport sector studies for project preparations. The first Country Economic Review (CER) was completed in April 2000. The CER will be updated yearly.

79. ADB will further support the Government in its efforts to carry out policy and institutional reforms in agriculture and water management, the social sector, and transport and energy sectors. An agriculture sector study and a study on improving flood management are being conducted. In the course of implementation of ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy for Tajikistan, ADB is contributing to the Government's effort to formulate a national poverty reduction strategy in coordination with WB, UNDP, and IMF. The results of all these economic and sector works will be the basis for preparing the first CSP in 2001.

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