Tajikistan and ADB

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Tajikistan Needs to Diversify Production and Exports to Improve Incomes and Economic Resilience — ADB

Tajikistan’s reliance on a narrow export base and remittances, coupled with a widening trade deficit, has made the economy vulnerable to external economic shocks. Diversifying production and exports could improve incomes and economic resilience, and sustain economic growth in the country, says a new ADB report.
Promoting Regional Tourism Cooperation under CAREC 2030

This study seeks to assess the potential of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program as a platform to promote a regional approach to tourism development.
Plant Technology Upgrade Helps Stabilize Energy Supply in Tajikistan

The Asian Development Bank helped Tajikistan upgrade and modernize the Nurek hydropower plant, which produces around 60% of the nation’s electricity, providing a more reliable and stable energy supply that supports economic growth in the country and its neighbors.
Training Tajikistan's Youth for Tomorrow's Jobs

Tajikistan is rich with clean energy resources with an average of 320 sunny days in a year. ADB and the Clean Energy Fund helped upgrade the facilities of the Tajikistan Energy Institute to better prepare its 2,000 students for a career in the country’s growing clean energy sector.

With some of the world’s highest mountains covering a staggering 93% of its territory, Tajikistan faces some obvious obstacles to its development. These include unstable food security, limited transport connectivity, and low levels of private investment.

Due to its narrow economic base and a heavy reliance on remittances by labor migrants, Tajikistan’s economy remains vulnerable to external shocks.

ADB's country partnership strategy, 2016–2020 for Tajikistan has broad objectives to diversify the economy and create more high-income jobs.

Tajikistan is a member of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.

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Publication 31 May 2019

Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in CAREC: An Assessment and the Way Forward
This publication assesses the plant health, animal health, and food safety measures of member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.
Speech 01 May 2019

Sustainable Tourism Development in the CAREC Region - Shixin Chen
Opening Remarks by Shixin Chen, ADB Vice President (Operations 1), at the CAREC High-Level Session During the Annual General Meeting on 1 May 2019 in Nadi, Fiji
Publication 16 Apr 2019

Asian Development Bank and Tajikistan: Fact Sheet
ADB’s country partnership strategy for Tajikistan emphasizes widening the economic base by exploring its domestic and international competitive advantages and improving its investment climate to create jobs with higher incomes.