## Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007–2009 (_cr0982)

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### Introduction and scope
- Purpose:
  - Medium-range socio-economic development programme for Tajikistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) for 2007–2009.
  - Implements institutional and economic reforms to promote strong and sustainable economic growth and improved social services to ease poverty.
- Relationship and chronology:
  - PRS activities are based on the National Development Strategy (NDS) for the Period to 2015 and draw on lessons from the PRSP for 2002–2006.
- Structure (12 sectors, grouped into three blocks):
  - Functional Block: public administration reform; macroeconomic development; improvement of the investment climate; private sector and entrepreneurship; regional cooperation and integration.
  - Production Block: food security and agricultural development; infrastructure, energy and industry.
  - Social Block: health care; education and science; water supply, sanitation, housing and municipal services; social welfare; gender equality; environmental sustainability.
- Implementation instruments:
  - PRS tasks specified with timetable, responsible parties, sources of financing, quantitative and qualitative indicators.
  - Annual government approval of PRS-based activity list.
- Stakeholder engagement:
  - PRS used for dialogue with business, NGOs, international organizations and donors.
- Monitoring:
  - Government selected international, national and sectoral indicators to monitor PRS implementation.

*Source: 1. INTRODUCTION, Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007-2009 (PRS).*

### Results of implementation of PRSP 2002–2006 — key findings
- Poverty trends and macro indicators:
  - Overall poverty rate: 83% in 1999 → 64% in 2003; preliminary data to 57% in 2004.
  - Extreme poverty: 36% in 1999 → 18% in 2003.
  - Per capita GDP: US$337.5 in 2005.
- Drivers of poverty reduction:
  - Macroeconomic, social and political stability; private farming plots; small livestock; remittances.
  - Remittances: account for 25% of total household income (latest poverty assessment); official remittances approximately 17% of GDP in 2005; official estimate: 420,600 labour migrants left the country in 2004.
- Regional differences (selected figures preserved verbatim):
  - GBAO: Population (2003) 197,000; PPP poverty rate (US$2.15) 84%; Proportion of total population living in poverty 4%; Decline in poverty 1999–2003 -13%; PPP extreme poverty rate (US$1.08) 36%; Decline in extreme poverty -33%; Inequality 0.30.
  - Sogd: Population 2,123,000; PPP poverty rate 64%; Proportion poor 32%; Decline -15%; PPP extreme poverty 16%; Decline -11%; Inequality 0.32.
  - Khatlon: Population 2,169,000; PPP poverty rate 78%; Proportion poor 40%; Decline -13%; PPP extreme poverty 27%; Decline -22%; Inequality 0.35.
  - Dushanbe: Population 630,000; PPP poverty rate 49%; Proportion poor 7%; Decline -12%; PPP extreme poverty 12%; Decline -1%; Inequality 0.37.
  - RRS: Population 1,553,000; PPP poverty rate 45%; Proportion poor 17%; Decline -26%; PPP extreme poverty 9%; Decline -16%; Inequality 0.31.
  - Total: Population 6,672,000; PPP poverty rate 64%; Proportion poor 100%; Decline -18%; PPP extreme poverty 18%; Decline -18%; Inequality 0.35.
- Urban vs rural and demographics:
  - 2003: rural population below US$2.15 PPP/day 65%; urban 59%.
  - Poverty decline 1999–2003: rural -19%; urban -14%.
  - Rural elasticity of poverty w.r.t. growth: -0.71; urban elasticity: -0.61.
  - Large households: risk of poverty twice as high as households with two or fewer children.
  - Population growth: 10% over past seven years.
  - School retention by age 18: boys 40%; girls 10%.
  - 2004 employment among men twice that among women; 2004 average male income almost 1.5 times higher than women’s income.
- Labour market and migration:
  - Registered unemployment: 7.4% in 2004 (fell by 1.9 percentage points 2000–2004); youth (15–29 years) 60–65% of registered unemployment; average age among unemployed 29.6 years.
  - Child labour: approximately 2.7% of children aged 12–14 work full-time (2004).
  - Migrant profile (2005): average age 34, married with five family members, secondary/technical education.
- Social services and non-material poverty:
  - Education spending: 2.3% of GDP in 2000 → 2.7% of GDP in 2005; average secondary school attendance rate 88% nationally.
  - Health spending: approximately 1.5% of GDP; acute malnutrition among children under five risen by 60%; threats from tuberculosis, measles, malaria and AIDS.
  - Utilities: access to chlorinated public water only one-third of population; 29% use centralized sources; 41% use poor-quality public utility water; electricity practically universal but irregular.
- Constraints and forecast:
  - MDG for income requires minimum growth of 3%.
  - Estimated impacts: economic growth of 1% → decline in overall poverty rate by 0.46%; 1% increase in per capita GDP → drop in overall poverty rate by 0.62%.
  - Inequality rose from 0.33 to 0.35 (1999–2003).
  - Sectors with greatest potential: entrepreneurship, agriculture (non-cotton), services; priority actions include land reform, cotton-sector reform, SME support.

*Source: 2. RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRSP FOR 2002-2006.*

### Lessons learned (PRSP 2002–2006) — institutional and donor coordination issues
- Institutional isolation:
  - PRSP adoption did not result in full institutional, organizational and financial integration into government processes.
  - PRSP often viewed as one-time measures rather than ongoing process.
  - PRSP Monitoring and Assessment Division within the Executive Administration of the President established, but adequate financial support and clear division of labour remain needed.
  - Financial integration with the state budget difficult: PRSP designed sectorally while budget organized regionally.
- Methodology and statistical gaps:
  - Need to define government-recognized poverty line and methodology for standard-of-living surveys.
  - Need to coordinate PRSP drafting/implementation methods, prioritization, costing, public consultation and independent assessment.
- Donor harmonization:
  - Donor Coordination Council operated only since 2006; project-level alignment with PRSP limited.
  - Government plan: strengthen dialogue with Donor Coordination Council; identify a government partner for harmonization; harmonize procurement and financial management procedures; avoid separate project-specific structures.
- Remedies recommended (selected):
  - Integrate PRS into reorganized governmental bodies via Public Administration Reform Strategy (2006).
  - Provide support to State Statistics Committee (SSC) for regular poverty and employment data.
  - Pilot introduction of MTBF principles and orient PIP and CSIP toward PRS goals.
  - Establish permanent executive group under the National Development Council (NDC).

*Source: _cr0982 - Institutional isolation and PRSP lessons learned sections_. *

### PRS goals and key targets for 2007–2009 (selected indicators and targets)
- Overarching goal:
  - Provide for a sustained rise in the standard of living, especially among socially vulnerable segments, through economic growth and increased human potential; PRS harmonized with Millennium Development Goals.
- Selected Poverty Reduction Targets (Table 2, values preserved verbatim):
  - Per capita GDP: 402.1 (2006) → 485.5 (target).
  - Average annual growth in GDP (%): 7.0 (2006) → 7.0 (target).
  - Average annual inflation (%): 12.5 (2006) → 6.0-7.0 (target).
  - State budget surplus/deficit (not including the PIP) (%): +0.3 → -1.0.
  - Poverty rate ($2.15 PPP): 64.0 (2003) → 52.0.
  - Extreme poverty rate ($1.08 PPP): 18.0 (2003) → 10.0.
  - Contribution of private sector to GDP (%): 43.0 → 55.0.
  - Annual increase in gross private investment (other than primary sector) (%): 100.0 → 110.0.
  - Growth in gross agricultural output (%): 103.1 → 120.0.
  - Growth in industrial output (%): 100.0 → 125.6.
  - Overall basic secondary education coverage (%): 97.0 → 98.0.
  - Mortality rate under age 5 (per 1,000): 79 (MICS-3) → 75.
  - Infant mortality (per 1,000): 65 (MICS-3) → 62.
  - Maternal mortality (per 100,000): 97 → 70.
  - Number of people infected with HIV: 627 (2006) → not more than 2,500.
  - Malaria incidence (per 100,000): 37.4 → 20.
  - Tuberculosis incidence (WHO): 177 (2004) → 145.
  - Proportion urban/rural with regular access to high-quality water (%): 93.0/49.0 → 96.0/51.0.
  - Proportion urban/rural with access to basic sanitation (%): 20.0/5.0 → 47.0/37.0.
  - Area of land covered by forests as proportion of total land area (2005 - 100%): 100.0 → 105.0.
  - Economically active population by gender (m/f): 58.3/41.7 (2004) → 57.8/42.2 (preliminary estimate).
- PRS recognizes external constraints (landlocked, regional instability) and internal obstacles (ineffective public administration, undiversified economy, high demographic growth).

*Source: Table 2 — Poverty Reduction Targets in Tajikistan for 2007-2009.*

### Functional Block — summary of key sector tasks and targets
- Public administration reform:
  - Goal: professional civil service, effective national development management, clear distribution of functions and resources, strengthened local self-government.
  - Selected actions: functional surveys, separation of political/administrative positions, introduce performance auditing, strengthen Budget Commission and MTBF linkage.
  - Planned timeframe: measures planned 2007–2009 to lay foundations.
- Macroeconomic development:
  - Recent performance: average annual growth 9.2% (2002–2005), 7% (2006); inflation 14.5% (2002) → 12.5% (2006); real unemployment 7.4% (2004); external government debt reduced to 31% of GDP in 2006.
  - Sector tasks:
    - Improvement of fiscal policy (MTBF introduction, PIP/CSIP linkage, tax and customs admin).
    - Improvement of monetary policy (broadening instruments, strengthen banking supervision).
    - Institutional reforms: functional surveys, monitoring/assessment units, improved statistics.
- Improvement of investment climate, private sector and entrepreneurship:
  - Rationale: raise private sector contribution to GDP, employment and tax base.
  - Constraints: limited fixed capital, investor interest concentrated in traditional sectors, electricity and gas shortages, high lending rates 24-36% per annum, 82% of SMEs do not use bank accounts.
  - Key tasks 2007–2009:
    - Institutional reforms, reduce investment risks (property rights, contract enforcement), lower barriers to market entry (simplified registration, information centers), reduce costs of doing business (simplify audits, certification), state support (training, quotas in procurement).
  - Target: private sector contribution to GDP 55% by end-2009 (from 43% in 2005).

*Source: Functional Block sections (public administration, macroeconomic, private sector).*

### Production Block — infrastructure, energy, industry, agriculture (selected tasking and numeric targets)
- Infrastructure and transport:
  - Rail and road constraints documented (rail productivity decline, aging rolling stock, road network >30,000 km).
  - Selected targets by 2009:
    - Increase freight turnover by 12.6%.
    - Increase passenger turnover by 4.7%.
    - Communications sector share of GDP target: 38% (sectoral target earlier noted).
- Energy sector:
  - Resource and performance facts:
    - Total potential hydropower ~527 billion kWh/year; current generation 16.5–17 billion kWh/year; current generation ~6.5% of technically feasible potential.
    - Hydropower ~99% of electricity output; Nurek HPP low cost 0.3 U.S. cent.
    - Winter shortfall 3–3.5 billion kWh; consumption limited to 6–8 hours/day during shortages.
  - Key tasks 2007–2009:
    - Institutional reforms (restructure Barki Tochik, Tajikgas), gradually raise energy rates to 2.1 cents per kW by 2010, protect vulnerable groups.
    - Build small HPPs, reduce losses, extend facilities (Sangtuda HPPs 1 and 2, first phase Rogun HPP), South-North 500 kV line.
  - Energy sector targets by 2009:
    - Extend average daily availability of electricity from 16 hours to 20 hours.
    - Reduce the quasi-fiscal deficit from 20.5% to 0%.
    - Introduce a concrete schedule for delivery of gas, electricity and heating.
- Industry:
  - Constraints: low investment, aging equipment, low labour productivity (~45% of level in China), TadAZ accounts for 40% of industrial load.
  - Tasks: institutional reforms, support priority industries (food, light industry, building materials, aluminium processing, mining), attract FDI.
  - Sector targets by 2009:
    - Increase industrial output by 25.6%.
    - Raise labour productivity in industry by 16%.
    - Expand industrial exports by 18%.
    - Increase number employed in industry by 20.5%.
- Agriculture and food security:
  - Core problems: weak management, cotton-sector debt, insufficient feed and veterinary services, irrigation infrastructure needs.
  - Main medium-range tasks:
    - Institutional reforms; cotton sector efficiency and debt resolution; secure land-use rights; irrigation and water management rehabilitation; rural entrepreneurship support; nutrition interventions.
  - Expected outcomes by 2009:
    - Boost gross agricultural output by 16.5%.
    - Raise labour productivity by 8.2%.

*Source: Production Block sections (infrastructure, energy, industry, agriculture).*

### Social Block — health, education, social welfare, water, environment, gender
- Education:
  - Spending: increased from 2.3% of GDP (2000) to 2.7% (2005).
  - Major actions: fiduciary capacity strengthening, per-capita financing pilots, 70 new textbook titles (4.7 million copies), teacher retraining, school construction targets.
  - Education targets and monitoring (selected):
    - Overall school attendance 88.4 (2005) → 91.0 (2009).
    - Basic secondary coverage 97.0 → 98.0.
    - Expansion of school capacity: 30,739 (2006) → 92,200 (2009).
    - Number of textbooks published: 1.8 million → 4.7 million.
- Health:
  - Spending: approximately 1.5% of GDP.
  - Key programmes: Basic Programme to Provide Medical and Public Health Care (pilot); per-capita financing pilots; family practice model; safe motherhood and neonatal care; immunization, TB/DOTS, malaria control; AVT access for HIV.
  - Health targets:
    - Under-5 mortality 79 → 75 (MICS-3 baseline).
    - Infant mortality 65 → 62.
    - Maternal mortality 97 → 70.
    - Tuberculosis incidence 177 → 145.
    - Malaria incidence 37.4 → 20.
    - Immunization coverage up to age 1: 93 → 95.
- Social welfare and pensions:
  - Institutional reform to create targeted social assistance, personalized pension accounting, legal framework for minimum subsistence, and improve targeting.
  - Forecast: priority measures in social welfare to contribute to poverty rate decline by 10-12% over 2007–2009.
  - Social welfare medium-term targets:
    - Poverty rate 64 (2005) → 52 (2009).
    - Extreme poverty rate 18 → 10.
    - State social insurance coverage 33% → 70% of economically active population.
    - Average pension for self-employed persons: 28.31 somoni (2005) → 102 somoni (2009).
- Water, sanitation, housing, municipal services:
  - Diagnostics: 87% urban and 20% rural receive water from centralized systems that do not meet drinking water standards; sewage services available to 23% urban and 5% rural.
  - Sector end-2009 targets:
    - Drinking water meeting government standards for 96% urban and 51% rural.
    - Basic sanitation and hygiene services for 47% urban and 37% rural.
  - Main tasks: institutional reforms, attract private investment, restore critical infrastructure, install meters, improve heating systems.
- Environmental sustainability:
  - Problems: 97.9% of agricultural land subject to erosion; >15% irrigation land affected by salinization; 22 tailing ponds (8 in poor condition).
  - Sector tasks 2007–2009:
    - Institutional/legal reforms; monitoring system restoration; promotion of investment projects; remediation of tailings and toxic waste.
  - Planned outcomes by end-2009:
    - 5% increase in forest area.
    - 3% increase in area set aside for biodiversity.
    - 5% reduction in degraded land and pastureland.
    - 7-9% reduction in discharge of polluted waste water.
    - 4% reduction in point and non-point air pollution.
- Gender equality:
  - Key problems: widening gender gap in rights and access; poor statistical base and institutional mechanisms; violence tolerance.
  - Targets for 2009 (relative to 2005 baselines):
    - Boost percentage of women employed in government bodies by 11% (in 2009) compared to 2005.
    - Expand women in economically active population from 19% (2005) to 25% (2009).
    - Increase women’s access to financial resources from 19% (2005) to 35% (2009).

*Source: Social Block sections (education, health, social welfare, water, environment, gender).*

### Macroeconomic scenario and financing (2007–2009) — projections and financing gaps
- Macroeconomic scenario forecasts (Table 3 excerpt; values preserved verbatim):
  - Real GDP in 2006 prices (million somoni): 9,272.2 (2006), 9,967.6 (2007 forecast), 10,675.3 (2008 forecast), 11,422.6 (2009 forecast).
  - Per capita GDP (somoni, 2006 prices): 1,311.3 (2006), 1,380.4 (2007 forecast), 1,447.7 (2008 forecast), 1,523.1 (2009 forecast).
  - Growth in real GDP (%): 7.0 (2006), 7.5 (2007 forecast), 7.1 (2008 forecast), 7.0 (2009 forecast).
  - Average annual inflation rate (%): 12.5 (2006), 7.0 (2007 forecast), 6.0 (2008 forecast), 6.0 (2009 forecast).
  - Exports of goods and services as % of GDP: 49.8 (2006), 46.5 (2007 forecast), 47.1 (2008 forecast), 47.5 (2009 forecast).
  - Imports as % of GDP: 61.3 (2006), 65.1 (2007 forecast), 65.2 (2008 forecast), 65.5 (2009 forecast).
  - Broad money as % of GDP: 11 (2006), 12 (2007 forecast), 13.5 (2008 forecast), 15 (2009 forecast).
  - Gross investment in fixed capital as % of GDP: 17.2 (2006), 22.4 (2007 forecast), 21.0 (2008 forecast), 20.0 (2009 forecast).
  - State budget revenues as % of GDP: 17.8 (2006), 19.3 (2007 forecast), 19.9 (2008 forecast), 20.7 (2009 forecast).
  - State budget expenditures as % of GDP (not including PIP): 17.3 (2006), 20.3 (2007 forecast), 20.9 (2008 forecast), 21.7 (2009 forecast).
  - State budget surplus/deficit (not including PIP) as % of GDP: +0.3 (2006), -1.0 (2007 forecast), -1.0 (2008 forecast), -1.0 (2009 forecast).
  - Broad state budget deficit indicator (%): 2.7 (2006), 13.7 (2007 forecast), 9.81 (2008 forecast), 5.50 (2009 forecast).
  - External government debt as % of GDP: 33.2 (2006), 46.1 (2007 forecast), 52.4 (2008 forecast), 55.0 (2009 forecast).
  - External debt service as % of state budget revenues: 2.6 (2006), 3.0 (2007 forecast), 3.2 (2008 forecast), 3.2 (2009 forecast).
- Financing sources and principles:
  - State budget (bulk), foreign aid (international organizations and bilateral donors), foreign direct investment (FDI).
  - Principles: long-term focus, realism, prioritization.
- PIP and CSIP volumes:
  - PIP investments: 2006 PIP = 8.5% of GDP.
  - Projected PIP investments: 2007: 13.3% of GDP; 2008: 8.8% of GDP; 2009: 4.5% of GDP; Average: 8.9% of GDP per year.
  - PIP – total as % of overall state budget expenditures: 2007: 45.17; 2008: 45.74; 2009: 38.92.
  - CSIP projected total funding 2007–2009: US$230.7 million (annual average 2.5% of GDP).
  - CSIP – total as % of overall state budget expenditures: 2007: 7.45; 2008: 8.46; 2009: 9.52.
- PRS total financing needs and confirmed financing (figures preserved verbatim):
  - Total demand for financing for PRS action programme: US$5,029.4 million (including around US$1 billion in concessional external borrowing).
  - Financing approved to date: US$2,253.7 million, comprised of:
    - Budget: US$239.3 million
    - PIP: US$1,172.9 million
    - Foreign direct investment (FDI): US$841.5 million
  - Total unmet need for the programme: US$2,775.7 million.
  - Planned coverage of unmet need:
    - Concessional foreign aid under the PIP: US$537.2 million (including just over US$100 million in concessional loans)
    - Additional FDI: US$2,007.9 million
    - Projected CSIP contribution: US$230.7 million
  - PRS assumes US$2,849.4 million in FDI (57.0% of total need); confirmed FDI to date: US$841.5 million; additional FDI needed: US$2,007.9 million.
- Unmet need for high-priority measures (foreign assistance, excluding PIP):
  - High-priority unmet need: US$276.8 million (5.77% of total PRS need; 10.87% of total unmet need).
  - Unmet need for priority measures within foreign assistance (not including FDI): US$260.4 million (5.43% of total need; 10.23% of total unmet need).
- Budget structure and priorities (Table 4 excerpt, percentages preserved):
  - State budget expenditures (including CSIP and PIP) — selected shares (2007/2008/2009 forecasts):
    - Agriculture: 5.4 / 5.7 / 4.0
    - Transportation and communications: 16.3 / 17.3 / 7.5
    - Fuel and energy complex: 17.4 / 10.5 / 11.8
    - Education: 15.4 / 16.3 / 18.4
    - Health care: 5.4 / 5.8 / 6.7
    - Social welfare: 11.1 / 13.1 / 15.4
    - Public administration and other: 22.2 / 25.1 / 29.7
  - Note: decline in share of transportation and communications in 2009 due to utilization of a large credit from China.

*Source: Macroeconomic scenario, PIP/CSIP, Table 3 and Table 4 excerpts.*

### Monitoring, management and implementation arrangements
- Institutional arrangements:
  - National Development Council (NDC) being established under the President to lead PRS implementation; NDC Secretariat for day-to-day coordination; Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) and Expert Methodological Council (EMC) as key working bodies.
  - Sectoral ministries and local authorities responsible for sector implementation; Ministry of Finance ensures MTBF and budgets consistent with PRS.
  - Parliament to draft enabling legislation and receive annual PRS implementation reports.
- Monitoring and Assessment System (MAS):
  - Purpose: track PRS progress, analyze problems, propose adjustments.
  - Four indicator types: input, output, outcome, impact.
  - Data collection: SSC central role; indicators updated at least once a year; monitoring calendar aligned with MTBF and budget timetables.
  - Surveys and complementary tools: joint monitoring, tracking government spending, service tracking, impact assessments; independent research organizations and civil society to perform surveys.
  - Dissemination: annual progress reports, public information campaigns, Internet portal with monitoring data and feedback mechanisms.
- Civil society participation:
  - Civil society organizations to serve on NDC, EMC, sectoral working groups; local communities (jamoats) to provide local-level monitoring and perceptions.
  - MAS designed as single system to avoid parallel structures; donor-financed project monitoring to be integrated.
- Capacity and funding:
  - Strengthen statistical and monitoring capacity with donor support; increase government resources for monitoring; donor funds for MAS human and organizational capacity.
- Reporting flows:
  - Local government authorities report regional implementation to MEDT; PIP/CSIP projects reported to State Committee on Investment and State Property Management and to sector ministries.

*Source: MAS and implementation sections (monitoring, NDC, civil society participation).*

### PRS prioritization principles (Appendix 3) — methodology summary
- Need: staged introduction of prioritization due to limited development budget; pilot in education and health care.
- Inclusion filters:
  - Only new PRS measures without funding (or not fully funded) considered.
  - Mandatory filters: (a) consistency with NDS priorities (public administration reform; private sector development & investment; human potential development); (b) measurability/monitorability.
- Rating methodology:
  - Three components with maximum points:
    - Component 1 — Type of impact: maximum 75 points (Scope, Size of impact, Sustainability; each subcriterion: low 10 / average 15 / high 25).
    - Component 2 — Feasibility: maximum 75 points (Political, Organizational-structural, Time; each subcriterion same scoring).
    - Component 3 — Impact on MDGs: maximum 25 points (Direct 25; Indirect 10).
  - Maximum total score: 175 points; minimum rating 70 points.
  - Classification bands:
    - Priority (P): total score 70–100.
    - High priority (HP): total score 101–175.
  - Use: ranking measures for funding allocation; government to identify measures to receive funding based on ranking.

*Source: APPENDIX 3. PRS PRIORITIZATION PRINCIPLES.*

### Key numeric programme-level figures (selected, preserved exactly)
- Total PRS need: 5029.4 (US$ million).
- Confirmed financing total: 2253.7 (US$ million) — Budget 239.3; PIP 1172.9 (888.9/284.0); FDI 841.5.
- CSIP projected total: 230.7 (US$ million).
- Planned concessional foreign aid (PIP): 537.2 (100.3/436.9).
- Additional FDI needed: 2007.9 (US$ million).
- Unmet need (total): 2775.7 (US$ million).
- PIP annual projection as % of GDP: 2007: 13.3; 2008: 8.8; 2009: 4.5; Average 8.9.
- PIP – total as % of overall state budget expenditures: 2007: 45.17; 2008: 45.74; 2009: 38.92.
- CSIP – total as % of overall state budget expenditures: 2007: 7.45; 2008: 8.46; 2009: 9.52.
- Selected project costs in energy (as presented): Sangtuda HPP-1 300.00; Sangtuda HPP-2 256.00; Rogun HPP first stage 280.00; Nurek HPP modernization 321.00; South-North 500 kV line 236.38; Lolazor-Kulyab 220 kV 42.32; Fon-Yagnob deposit project 63.20; Ziddi mines 63.50.
- Institutional reforms section reported total: 82.906 (programmatic figure as presented).

*Source: Financing, PIP/CSIP, Table 7 and sectoral project cost lines.*

Final source attribution:
- *Source: _cr0982_, Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007-2009 (PDF content unit: _cr0982).*

### 1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................

### 1. INTRODUCTION

### Purpose and scope
- This document is the Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007-2009 (PRS) and is intended to serve as a medium-range socio-economic development programme for the country.
- It outlines concrete actions to implement institutional and economic reforms that will promote strong and sustainable economic growth and an improvement in the scope and quality of social services aimed at easing the burden of poverty in the country.

### Relationship to other strategies and chronology
- In 2005, the President initiated drafting of the long-range National Development Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for the Period to 2015 (NDS) and the medium-range Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007-2009.
- PRS activities are based on the NDS goals and priorities, including: public administration reform; development of the private sector and attraction of investment; and development of human potential.
- The actions outlined in the PRS take into account the results of the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for 2002-2006 and the lessons learned from that process.

### Structure: sectors and three blocks
- The PRS focuses on development in 12 sectors (directions) of economic reform, provisionally combined into three blocks:
  - Functional Block: provides the overall institutional environment for development and encompasses the following sectors: public administration reform; macroeconomic development; improvement of the investment climate; development of the private sector and entrepreneurship; regional cooperation and integration into the global economy.
  - Production Block: provides the physical environment to support economic growth and brings together the following sectors: food security and development of the agricultural sector, and the development of infrastructure, energy and industry.
  - Social Block: provides broader access to basic social services and is comprised of the following sectors: development of the health care system; development of the education system and science; expansion of access to water supply, sanitation and housing and municipal services; improvement of social welfare; promotion of gender equality; and environmental sustainability.

### Implementation linkages and planning instruments
- The focus of government, sectoral and regional development strategies, programmes and plans that have been adopted and are currently being drafted (including the Public Investment Programme [PIP] and the Centralized State Investment Programme [CSIP]) is being shifted toward implementation of the PRS.
- Each PRS task has been formulated as a list of concrete actions with:
  - a clearly established timetable for implementation,
  - parties responsible,
  - sources of financing,
  - quantitative and qualitative indicators.
- A specific list of activities in the area of development and poverty reduction based on the PRS will be approved each year by the government.

### Stakeholder engagement and use as a coordination tool
- The PRS serves as a tool for dialogue with all interested parties, including business and non-governmental organizations, international organizations and foreign donor countries that are providing assistance to Tajikistan.
- The government will make every effort to ensure that PRS tasks and activities are taken into account in the drafting of programmes to provide technical and financial assistance to the country.

### Monitoring and indicators
- To measure progress in implementation of the PRS, the government has selected a list of international, national and sectoral indicators, which will be added to and modified in the monitoring and assessment of the planned PRS activities.

*Source: 1. INTRODUCTION, Poverty Reduction Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007-2009 (PRS).*

### 2. RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRSP FOR 2002-2006

### 2. RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRSP FOR 2002-2006

### 2.1. Poverty in Tajikistan: current status, dynamics and principal problems

- Overall poverty trend
  - Overall poverty rate declined from 83% in 1999 to 64% in 2003, and according to some preliminary data, to 57% in 2004.
  - Extreme poverty declined from 36% in 1999 to 18% in 2003.
  - Per capita GDP was US$337.5 in 2005.
  - Standard of living survey scheduled for 2007 to determine exact declines for 2005–2006.

- Drivers of poverty reduction
  - Economic growth associated with macroeconomic, social and political stability.
  - Household income growth from private farming plots, raising goats, sheep and other small livestock, and remittances from abroad.
  - Households dependent solely on official payments (wages and pensions) are more vulnerable to poverty.

### Regional and subregional differences

- Regional declines in poverty between 1999 and 2003 ranged from 12% to 26%; RRS saw the most rapid decline at 26%, Dushanbe the lowest at 12%.
- Sharpest drop in extreme poverty occurred in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO): -33%.

- Table 1 — Dynamics of Poverty Reduction (selected figures preserved verbatim)
  - GBAO: Population (2003) 197,000; PPP poverty rate in 2003 (US$2.15) 84%; Proportion of total population living in poverty (2003) 4%; Decline in poverty between 1999 and 2003 -13%; PPP extreme poverty rate in 2003 (US$1.08) 36%; Decline in extreme poverty between 1999 and 2003 -33%; Inequality (2003) 0.30
  - Sogd: Population (2003) 2,123,000; PPP poverty rate in 2003 (US$2.15) 64%; Proportion of total population living in poverty (2003) 32%; Decline in poverty between 1999 and 2003 -15%; PPP extreme poverty rate in 2003 (US$1.08) 16%; Decline in extreme poverty between 1999 and 2003 -11%; Inequality (2003) 0.32
  - Khatlon: Population (2003) 2,169,000; PPP poverty rate in 2003 (US$2.15) 78%; Proportion of total population living in poverty (2003) 40%; Decline in poverty between 1999 and 2003 -13%; PPP extreme poverty rate in 2003 (US$1.08) 27%; Decline in extreme poverty between 1999 and 2003 -22%; Inequality (2003) 0.35
  - Dushanbe: Population (2003) 630,000; PPP poverty rate in 2003 (US$2.15) 49%; Proportion of total population living in poverty (2003) 7%; Decline in poverty between 1999 and 2003 -12%; PPP extreme poverty rate in 2003 (US$1.08) 12%; Decline in extreme poverty between 1999 and 2003 -1%; Inequality (2003) 0.37
  - RRS: Population (2003) 1,553,000; PPP poverty rate in 2003 (US$2.15) 45%; Proportion of total population living in poverty (2003) 17%; Decline in poverty between 1999 and 2003 -26%; PPP extreme poverty rate in 2003 (US$1.08) 9%; Decline in extreme poverty between 1999 and 2003 -16%; Inequality (2003) 0.31
  - Total: Population (2003) 6,672,000; PPP poverty rate in 2003 (US$2.15) 64%; Proportion of total population living in poverty (2003) 100%; Decline in poverty between 1999 and 2003 -18%; PPP extreme poverty rate in 2003 (US$1.08) 18%; Decline in extreme poverty between 1999 and 2003 -18%; Inequality (2003) 0.35

- Geographic and structural factors
  - Regional differences reflect income levels, cost of living and socio-economic development, plus geographic features (low-lying vs mountainous), proximity to borders and cities, agricultural trends.
  - Sogd: revival of certain industrial enterprises aided poverty reduction.
  - GBAO: humanitarian assistance, private-sector development, and increased private remittances important.
  - RRS: industrial development (aluminium plant), employment growth and expansion of non-cotton agriculture significant.

- Concentration of poor population
  - Khatlon and Sogd provinces account for 65% of Tajikistan’s total population, 72% of the total poor population and 75% of the population living in extreme poverty.

### Urban vs rural and demographic effects

- Urban/rural poverty
  - 2003: 65% of the rural population lived on less than US$2.15 per day (PPP); in cities 59%.
  - Poverty decline 1999–2003: rural areas -19%; urban areas -14%.
  - 2004 estimates: urban poverty 58%, rural poverty 57% (gap negligible).
  - Poverty in urban areas tied to lack of jobs and formal wages; rural poverty tied to low agricultural incomes and inadequate access to basic social services.

- Elasticity of poverty with respect to economic growth
  - Rural elasticity: -0.71
  - Urban elasticity: -0.61

- Demographic influences
  - National average poverty rate: 64%.
  - Risk of poverty in large households is twice as high as in households with two or fewer children.
  - Rapid population growth: 10% over the past seven years.
  - By age 18 school retention: only 40% of boys and 10% of girls are still in school.

- Gender disparities
  - 2004 employment among men was twice as high as among women.
  - 2004 average male income was almost 1.5 times higher than women’s income.
  - Girls drop out of school at twice the rate as boys in rural areas and at three times the rate in urban areas.
  - No significant poverty differences between male-headed and female-headed households, urban or rural.

### 2.1.2. Labour market, employment and poverty

- Unemployment and employment structure
  - Registered unemployment fell by 1.9 percentage points between 2000 and 2004, reported at 7.4% in 2004.
  - Growth in employment is lagging behind growth in the labour force; surplus labour is likely unreported, informal, or migrating abroad.
  - High concentration of manpower in densely populated areas (e.g., Dushanbe).
  - Women with children are among the most vulnerable in employment and poverty, particularly in rural areas.
  - Continued population and economic growth without labour market change could burden social services over the medium term.

- Youth and old-age labour market characteristics
  - Young people (15-29 years) constitute 60-65% of registered unemployment.
  - Average age among the unemployed: 29.6 years.
  - Approximately 43% of men and 15% of women over the age of 60 continue to work due to low incomes and small pensions.

- Child labour
  - Labour Force Assessment (2004): approximately 2.7% of children aged 12–14 work full-time.
  - Paid child labour more frequent in rural areas; common sectors: agriculture, trade, construction and small business.

### 2.1.3. Non-material poverty

- Education
  - Budget spending on education increased from 2.3% of GDP in 2000 to 2.7% of GDP in 2005.
  - A significant proportion of education spending came from donors and households.
  - Poverty Survey (2005): 20% of the poorest households spend only about 5.5% of their budget on education.
  - Average secondary school attendance rate: 88% nationally.
  - Shortages: infrastructure, material and technical support, teacher training, vocational/technical training, curriculum development and higher teacher salaries.

- Health
  - Total spending on health care represents approximately 1.5% of GDP.
  - Government measures: introduction of a guaranteed package of free medical services and per-capita financing for public medical institutions.
  - Nutrition and infectious diseases: incidence of acute malnutrition among children under five has risen by 60%; increase in chronic malnutrition among children under five.
  - Significant threats remain from tuberculosis, measles, malaria and AIDS; complicating factors include labour migration and deteriorating water supply and sanitation.

- Social welfare and utilities
  - Socially vulnerable groups: disabled persons, the elderly, families headed by single women, the unemployed, orphans, large families and unskilled agricultural labourers.
  - Budget spending on social welfare is rising, but benefit levels and targeting remain inadequate; remittances and humanitarian assistance are more effective for many households.
  - Access to electricity: practically universal but supply is irregular and quality is poor, particularly in winter.
  - Water supply: only one-third of the population has access to chlorinated water from a public utility; 29% use water from centralized sources; remainder collect from cisterns and irrigation ditches.
    - As much as 40% of the water consumed is not potable.
    - 41% of the population uses water from public utilities that is of poor quality.
  - Communications: television available to 98% of the population and radio to 76.6%, but frequent prolonged power outages hinder access; landline and mobile telephone services are growing.

- Infrastructure and transport
  - Government efforts to restore the highway system and build tunnels, roads and bridges (including bridges linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan).
  - Preliminary steps to liberalize aviation and the railway system.

- Labour migration and remittances
  - Labour migration is a key survival strategy and contributes to social stability.
  - 2005 migrant survey: average labour migrant is Tajik, average age 34, married with five family members, secondary or technical education.
  - Remittances are used predominantly to meet basic needs and increase purchasing power of the poor; 70% of remittances go to rural areas.
  - Latest poverty assessment: remittances from labour migrants account for 25% of total household income.
  - Official estimate: 420,600 labour migrants left the country in 2004.
  - Official remittances were approximately 17% of GDP in 2005.

### 2.1.4. Difficulties on the path to reducing poverty and a poverty forecast based on anticipated economic growth

- Constraints and reform needs
  - Faster poverty decline is possible with more rapid reforms in key sectors.
  - Achieved poverty reduction attributed to macroeconomic and political stability, substantial remittances, basic reforms and liberalization.
  - Required: targeted structural and sectoral reforms in agriculture, energy sector, education, health care and social welfare; second-generation reforms across public administration, government spending, financial governance and private sector development.

- Growth and distribution
  - Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for income requires minimum economic growth of 3%.
  - Estimated impacts:
    - Economic growth of 1% leads to a decline in overall poverty rate by 0.46%.
    - A 1% increase in per capita GDP results in a drop in overall poverty rate by 0.62%.
  - Inequality increased by more than 6% between 1999 and 2003: from 0.33 to 0.35; likely to rise further.
  - Importance of socially optimal distribution of national income in addition to growth.

- Sectoral priorities for poverty reduction
  - Greatest potential sectors: entrepreneurial activity, agriculture and the service sector.
  - Self-employment via small and medium-sized businesses and removal of excessive administrative barriers emphasized.
  - Increase in agricultural productivity (primarily non-cotton sector) had negligible effect on reducing rural poverty despite per capita spending and share of per capita GDP in agriculture growing by 50% and 46%, respectively.
  - Sectoral ranking: poverty reduction rate within agriculture is third place; elasticity of poverty with respect to per capita GDP is fourth place behind services and infrastructure (mining, energy, gas sector and water supply).
  - Priority actions: develop entrepreneurial activity; intensify structural reforms in rural development (e.g., land reform); equitable and sustainable resolution of debt owed by cotton farms within a comprehensive cotton-sector reform programme.

### 2.2. PRSP: lessons learned

- PRSP objectives (2002–2006)
  - Main goal: increase the population’s real income and provide for a fair distribution of the results of economic growth.
  - Key directions:
    1. Promotion of rapid, socially equitable, labour-intensive and export-oriented economic growth.
    2. Fair and effective delivery of basic social services.
    3. Targeted support for the poorest segments of the population.
    4. Good governance.
    5. Improved security.

- Outcomes and assessment
  - Overall results of PRSP implementation: unequivocal progress in some areas, but structural reforms were not fully implemented and high-quality results were not produced in a timely manner.
  - Public access to basic social services remains limited.

- Macroeconomic performance during PRSP
  - Target for real GDP growth was 6% per year in 2002–2005; target to lower inflation to 5% annual rate.
  - Economic growth averaged 9.5% per year during the PRSP period.
  - From 2003, dependence on cotton and aluminium eased due to growth in the non-cotton agricultural sector and services; remittances increased domestic demand.
  - Social sector spending increased despite fiscal constraints: social sphere accounted for 40.5% of the budget in 2005, representing 8.7% of GDP.
  - External debt declined to 31% of GDP in 2005, helping reduce the budget deficit.

- Key lessons learned
  - The drafting and implementation of the PRSP was somewhat isolated from other activities.
  - Fundamental principles and methodology of the PRSP were not defined clearly enough.
  - Insufficient coordination and harmonization of donor activities.

*Source: _cr0982 - 2. RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRSP FOR 2002-2006*

### 1. The isolation of the PRSP process. In spite of the fact that the PRSP was adopted

### 1. The isolation of the PRSP process. In spite of the fact that the PRSP was adopted

### Institutional isolation and integration failures
- The PRSP was adopted as one of the country’s fundamental strategic documents, but implementation was not integrated into government activities in institutional, organizational and financial respects.
- The PRSP was often viewed as a document calling for one-time measures rather than an ongoing process to achieve poverty reduction goals.
- PRSP implementation and progress assessment functions were not fully identified within government bodies at all levels; new donor-financed bodies were frequently created that were not institutionally or financially sustainable.
- Establishment of the PRSP Monitoring and Assessment Division within the Executive Administration of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan was a first step toward institutional backing, but comprehensive “injection” requires:
  - adequate financial support for implementation, and
  - a clear division of labour among governmental and non-governmental structures.
- Priorities, goals and tasks of sectoral and regional programmes frequently did not correspond to PRSP provisions.
- The legal status of the PRSP was not sufficiently clear, producing differing readings regarding implementation. The legal status of the PIP and Medium-Term Budget Framework (MTBF), which should link the PRSP and government spending, also needs clarification.
- Legislative and regulatory acts adopted were not sufficiently focused on achieving PRSP goals or on PRSP monitoring and assessment.
- Gains in PRSP implementation were not used to shift policy focus or as criteria for evaluating government bodies’ performance.
- Financial integration of the PRSP with the state budget was virtually impossible because the PRSP was designed on a sectoral principle while the budget system is organized on a regional basis.
- Public investment planning (PIP and Centralized State Investment Programme, CSIP) uses a sectoral approach and could have been better integrated with the PRSP.
- Project implementation surveying by government with the World Bank and ADB was not coordinated with PRSP progress evaluation, despite both receiving significant external funding.

### Organizational and legal remedies proposed
- Focus on structural and functional integration of the PRS process into reorganized governmental bodies at central and local levels as part of Public Administration Reform Strategy (2006).
- Provide functional, regulatory, legal and personnel support to the State Statistics Committee for regular collection and analysis of poverty and employment data.
- Ministries (departments) and local government authorities must ensure timely participation in PRS implementation monitoring; sectoral and regional programmes must comply strictly with PRS provisions.
- Consider amendments and additions to national legislation (laws on socio-economic programmes, government finance, state budget, local government, state statistics, etc.) and adopt relevant sublegal acts to clarify PRS legal status.
- Establish a permanent executive group of national and international experts under the National Development Council (NDC) to organize and perform tasks, adjust medium-range socio-economic programmes and elaborate new programmes.
- Study feasibility of evaluating government, sectoral ministries/departments and local government bodies based on achievement of PRS goals in addition to other criteria.
- Overcome financial isolation in stages:
  - Orient compilation and implementation of the PIP and CSIP entirely toward PRS goals and priorities.
  - Ensure open and clearly defined drafting of the PIP and CSIP for future consolidation.
  - Over the medium term and as a pilot, introduce MTBF principles to shift the budget process to a sectoral basis.
  - Link tracking of donor-financed government projects’ performance and effectiveness to PRS monitoring and assessment; short-term: include PRS-monitoring-responsible government bodies in external project portfolio management.
  - Consolidate project-level monitoring and assessment systems according to the sectoral principle with focus on PRS goals.

### PRS principle and methodology weaknesses and remedies
- Key unresolved issues:
  - Lack of methods for identifying interconnected and interdependent general and sectoral goals and priorities.
  - Insufficient clarity in defining principles for development and implementation of PRS and other sectoral/regional programmes.
  - Need to coordinate definition of poverty and statistical infrastructure.
- Specific methodological needs:
  - Define the poverty line recognized by the government.
  - Define methodology for conducting statistical surveys of standard of living and identification of most vulnerable population segments.
  - Coordinate methodology and process for PRSP drafting and implementation, including prioritization methodology, cost calculation of measures, public consultation, independent progress assessments and feedback.
- Recommendations:
  - Adopt principle of focusing PRS goals and measures on the NDS and available internal and external resources given unlimited needs and limited resources.
  - Direct PRS toward ensuring sustainable economic growth with socially optimal distribution of growth results.
  - Within national statistics system reform, specify and approve definitions of poverty and employment, signature characteristics, methodologies and survey processes.
  - Present a PRS methodology that corresponds to Tajikistan realities to government and development partners for review within a medium-term PRS implementation survey.

### Coordination and harmonization of donor activities
- Donor coordination proved difficult for government and donors; Donor Coordination Council operated in Tajikistan only since 2006.
- Coordination of donors at country assistance strategy, policy and project levels improved only toward the end of the 2002-2005 PRSP implementation.
- Although donor programmes were generally consistent with the PRSP, project-level alignment with PRSP goals and priorities was insufficient, often due to donor-imposed internal requirements and conditions.
- Harmonization of donor procedures, particularly among international financial organizations, had not produced the desired results; the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (March 2005) provided impetus.
- Lack of clarity on which government body was responsible for donor dialogue on harmonization contributed to slow progress.
- Government plans to improve donor coordination:
  - Strengthen dialogue with the Donor Coordination Council on top priorities and areas amenable to coordination: implementation, monitoring and assessment of the NDS and PRS; reforms in energy and cotton sectors; land reform; private sector development; education, health care and social welfare reform.
  - Identify a government partner to maintain regular dialogue with the Donor Coordination Council.
  - Continue harmonization efforts at country assistance strategy/programme level and project implementation assessment/procedure level.
  - Welcome adoption of general country assistance strategies by international financial institutions.
  - Make donor assessments of national procurement systems, financial reporting, government spending and investment climate joint efforts.
  - Harmonize procurement and financial management procedures within projects financed by international financial institutions.
  - Employ common structures for project implementation and avoid establishing separate project-specific structures; gradually shift responsibility for investment project implementation to appropriate government bodies.
  - Identify a government partner to carry out harmonization measures.

### GOALS AND KEY DIRECTIONS OF THE PRS POLICY FOR 2007-2009
- Long-term socio-economic development goals are set forth in the NDS; implementation via successive medium-range socio-economic programmes is planned to achieve NDS goals in stages.
- All sectoral and regional programmes and plans should be entirely in line with the NDS and PRS.
- Poverty definitions:
  - Material poverty: insufficient income to meet minimum essential needs.
  - Non-material poverty: limited access to education, health care and social services, participation in public life, etc.
- PRS emphasis:
  - Sustained and radical poverty reduction requires socially optimal income redistribution and sustained economic growth enabling job creation and access to services, social insurance and societal inclusion.
  - PRS is the first medium-range socio-economic programme aimed at NDS implementation; PRS goals are fully harmonized with the Millennium Development Goals (Tajikistan acceded in 2000).
- PRS overarching goal:
  - Provide for a sustained rise in the standard of living, particularly among socially vulnerable population segments, through economic growth and increased human potential.
- PRS targets are reflected in key indicators for the implementation period (Poverty Reduction Targets in Table 2). Other sectoral and regional programmes should be consistent with PRS and promote achievement of PRS goals over the medium term.

- Table 2 — Poverty Reduction Targets in Tajikistan for 2007-2009 (Indicator — Baseline level — Target)
  - Per capita GDP: 402.1 (2006) — 485.5
  - Average annual growth in GDP (%): 7.0 (2006) — 7.0
  - Average annual inflation (%): 12.5 (2006) — 6.0-7.0
  - State budget surplus/deficit (not including the PIP) (%): +0.3 — -1.0
  - Poverty rate ($2.15 PPP): 64.0 (2003) — 52.0
  - Extreme poverty rate ($1.08 PPP): 18.0 (2003) — 10.0
  - Contribution of private sector to GDP (%): 43.0 — 55.0
  - Annual increase in gross private investment (other than investment in the primary sector) (%): 100.0 — 110.0
  - Growth in gross agricultural output (%): 103.1 — 120.0
  - Growth in industrial output (%): 100.0 — 125.6
  - Overall basic secondary education coverage (% of total number of children of the relevant age): 97.0 — 98.0
  - Mortality rate among children under the age of 5 (per 1,000 live births): 79 (MICS-3) — 75
  - Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births): 65 (MICS-3) — 62
  - Maternal mortality (per 100,000 people): 97 — 70
  - Number of people infected with HIV: 627 (2006) — not more than 2,500
  - Incidence of disease (per 100,000 people):
    - malaria: 37.4 — 20
    - tuberculosis, according to WHO: 177 (2004) — 145
    - parasitic diseases: 292.9 (2004) — not more than 292.9
    - measles: 0.0 — 0.0
  - Proportion of urban/rural population with regular access to high-quality water sources (%): 93.0/ 49.0 — 96.0/ 51.0
  - Proportion of urban/rural population with access to basic sanitation and hygiene services (%): 20.0/ 5.0 — 47.0/ 37.0
  - Area of land covered by forests as a proportion of total land area (2005 - 100%): 100.0 — 105.0
  - Percentage of economically active population by gender (m/f): 58.3/41.7 (2004) — 57.8/42.2 (preliminary estimate)

- PRS recognizes external constraints (lack of outlet to the sea, distance from high-income markets, regional instability, drug-trafficking and terrorism threats) and internal obstacles (ineffective public administration, undiversified economy, insufficient competitive environment, high demographic growth, decline in inherited human and physical capital). PRS is based on conviction that coordinated state and societal efforts with development partners can overcome these factors and meet PRS and NDS goals.
- PRS aims to achieve openness, transparency and accountability of government policy to society and strengthen democracy; civil society has an important role at every PRS implementation stage, particularly in monitoring and resource distribution.
- Through the MTBF, annual state budget and public investment programmes, government spending should align with the PRS and provide a resource base for its implementation.
- Foreign aid for poverty reduction, particularly investment funds, should be reflected in the state budget.

*Source: _cr0982 - 1. The isolation of the PRSP process. In spite of the fact that the PRSP was adopted*

### 7.  Taking  into  account  the  NDS,  current  problems  in  socio-economic  development

### _cr0982 - 7.  Taking  into  account  the  NDS,  current  problems  in  socio-economic  development

### Key directions for development and poverty reduction policy
- Improvement of public administration with a view to increasing the transparency, accountability and effectiveness of government bodies and combating corruption, and fostering a macroeconomic, institutional and legal and regulatory environment that is conducive to development.
- Promotion of sustained economic growth and diversification of the economy through the development of the private sector and encouraging investment, particularly in the energy sector, the transportation infrastructure, cotton production and other sectors. Achieved through the expansion of economic freedoms, strengthening ownership rights and the development of public-private partnerships.
- Development of human potential by improving access to and raising the quality of social services for the poor, encouraging participation by the public in the development process and strengthening social partnerships.

### Cross-cutting problems addressed by the PRS
- Implementation of systemic reforms: consistent pursuit of institutional reforms in all sectors to expand and deepen market relations, economic development and poverty reduction, taking human rights into account.
- Demographic problems: require an intersectoral approach to promoting employment and regulating labour migration, and improving the quality of the labour force and family planning.
- Environmentally sustainable development: requires coordinated planning in industry, agriculture, energy, infrastructure and the education and health care systems.
- Promotion of gender equality and improving women’s rights and opportunities: linked to access to management, safe jobs that pay a decent wage, education, health care and safe living conditions.

### Functional Block — Establishment of general conditions for development
- Purpose: prepare general institutional conditions to stimulate economic growth and improve the scope and quality of social services provided to the poor.
- Rationale: Joint planning of sectoral priorities/activities within a single block reduces interdepartmental disagreements and enhances effectiveness, coordination and targeting.

### Public administration reform (Functional Block, 4.1)
Key problems in the public administration system:
- The system for the management of national development processes is ineffective; insufficient coordination of development programmes and plans; no clearly defined integration of priorities, goals and results; hampers institutionalization of strategic priorities in state spending.
- Excessive state involvement in economic activity; inadequate regulatory functions hindering private sector growth.
- Ineffective management of government finances; state investment spending is fragmented and not closely linked to strategic priorities and development goals.
- Ineffective personnel management; low motivation among public employees.
- Duplication of functions and authorities across government levels; overlapping competences; unclear distribution of service-provision functions leading to poor quality and inaccessible public services; non-uniform administrative and territorial division hampers distribution of functions, authorities and resources.
- Poorly developed local self-government.

Reform goal:
- Raise the effectiveness of central and local government; establish a professional civil service; create an optimal system for elaboration and implementation of development policies and programmes; enhance management potential and accountability; develop effective local self-government with clear distribution of functions, authorities, financial resources and property to improve service delivery.

Tasks and measures to achieve the goal (selected):
- Design and introduce mechanisms for coordinating development priorities at national, sectoral and territorial levels.
- Coordinate development of public and private sectors for top-priority national tasks.
- Gradual withdrawal of the state from direct intervention and transition to predominantly indirect regulation.
- Coordinate strategies and investment programmes with the budget process.
- Streamline distribution of budget revenue sources among government levels, accounting for redistribution of functions and financial authorities.
- Strengthen civil service potential and motivation; modernize human resources management; separate political and administrative positions; strengthen incentive role of wages and professional ethics/standards.
- Clearly distribute functions and authorities among government levels and local self-government with redistribution of financial/material resources.
- Abandon traditional centralized mechanisms for public service delivery; introduce flexible and effective financing/management methods to improve quality and accessibility.
- Regulate relationships among executive bodies and local self-government based on existing legal acts.
- Improve administrative and territorial division; consider concepts for its development.

Key implementation requirements:
- Identification of an agency responsible for implementation of the reforms.
- Involvement of all participants in the reform process; develop social partnership mechanisms.
- Establish a function for development of administrative and territorial management.
- Coordinate public administration reform with reforms in other sectors.
- Perform cost-benefit analysis of reform.
- Adopt a selective approach to drawing on international experience.

Planned timeframe:
- Implementation of measures planned for 2007-2009 to lay foundations for an effective national development management system ensuring vertical and horizontal interconnections among executive bodies and strategic/tactical decision-making.

### Macroeconomic development (Functional Block, 4.2)
Recent macroeconomic performance and statistics:
- Average annual growth in GDP was 9.2% in 2002-2005 and 7% in 2006.
- Inflation: 14.5% in 2002; 7.1% in 2005; 12.5% in 2006.
- Real unemployment: 7.4% according to a labour force survey in 2004; experts believe the actual figure could be considerably higher.
- Exchange rate depreciation of the somoni against the U.S. dollar: average annual decline eased from 14% in 2003 to 1.2% in 2004 and 6.3% in 2005.
- Exports and imports grew by 23.5% and 85.2%, respectively, in 2002-2005.
- Current account deficit equal to 4.9% of GDP in 2005.
- State budget surplus (not including the PIP) was 0.7% in 2002; deficit of 0.2% in 2005.
- State budget deficit including the PIP was 3.5% in 2005; reached 2.7% in 2006 after recent external borrowing; set at 13.7% for 2007.
- External government debt reduced from 87% of GDP in 2002 to 31% of GDP in 2006.

Principal goal in this sector:
- Maintain macroeconomic stability to achieve strong growth and lower the poverty rate.

Key problems in the macroeconomic sector:
- Poorly developed mechanisms for market regulation, including macroeconomic regulation instruments; lack of consideration of national priorities in sectoral policy.
- Low utilization coefficient for physical and human capital leading to decline in potential; difficulties in evaluation of planned measures and identification of most important measures.
- Inadequate fiscal policy: weaknesses in tax administration and management of government finances.
- Inconsistency in macroeconomic and financial planning methods; inadequate macroeconomic planning, forecasting and statistical methods.
- Insufficient monetary policy instruments; poor development of the money market and securities market.

Sector tasks (overview):
- Task 1: Improvement of fiscal policy — improve the budget process; introduce a medium-term budgeting mechanism; restructure the budget process, primarily in education and health care; link PRS and the budget via the PIP and the CSIP; begin widespread introduction of the MTBF; elaborate proposals on optimal level of public debt and internal state financial controls; improve tax and customs administration.
- Task 2: Improvement of monetary policy — implement measures to broaden monetary policy instruments; improve the payment system; develop financial and currency markets; increase resource base of financial institutions; make credit more accessible; strengthen banking supervision; analyze problems of long-term lending by banks to small and medium-sized businesses and use of instruments to control inflation.
- Task 3: Implementation of institutional reforms — perform a functional survey of government bodies responsible for macroeconomic policy; update/review regulatory legal acts, strategies, programmes and conceptual frameworks; account for all financial resources including foreign aid used for sectoral measures; annual estimate of expenditures including foreign aid and results from PRS implementation; establish central, sectoral and territorial bodies for monitoring and assessment of NDS and PRS; improve macroeconomic/financial planning methods and national statistics; continue efforts to increase potential of government bodies responsible for macroeconomic policy; improve regulatory legal base to promote macroeconomic stability.

### Improvement of the investment climate, development of the private sector and entrepreneurship (Functional Block, 4.3)
Rationale and objectives:
- Expanded access to the market through improved business and investment climate is key to promoting strong economic growth and improving scope/quality of social services for the poor.
- Enhancement of business and investment climate fosters a competitive environment, employment (including self-employment), and stabilizes tax revenues.
- Given objective difficulties of doing business and high poverty, the environment for entrepreneurial activity and investment needs to be significantly more favourable than in other countries.
- Priority: develop private sector and attract investment, including gradual commercialization of social sectors to increase quantity and quality of services and concentrate budget funding on the poorest.

Key constraints and problems:
- Marked decline in fixed capital and human potential in the post-Soviet period, though status remains considerably better than in other poor countries with similar GDP figures (US$337.5 per capita in 2005).
- Foreign investor interest remains limited and concentrated in traditional sectors (energy, light industry, processing of agricultural produce and manufacturing with low investment levels).
- On average Tajikistan has approximately one small business per 1,000 people; Russia has six; countries in the European Union have at least 30.
- Sectoral structure dominated by commercial activity not requiring significant investment; small and medium-sized business and individual entrepreneurial activity account for as much as 60%.
- Entrepreneurial activity limited by shortage of electricity (particularly in the winter) and natural gas, and by problems in processing and transportation domestically and abroad.
- Investment policy does not take depreciation deductions into account.
- Availability of credit resources limited due to high bank lending rates (24-36% per annum).
- Approximately 82% of small and medium-sized businesses do not use bank accounts and limit themselves to cash transactions.
- Insurance companies and banking institutions operate as monopolies due to insufficient capital, limiting service use.
- Simplified forms for regulating small and medium-sized business, including home-based businesses, have not yet been put into place; legal protections for their employees are inadequate.
- Serious problems with protection of ownership rights, including land use and purchase/sale relations; difficulties with enforcement of contracts (due to weaknesses in the legal system) and corporate governance.

*Source: _cr0982 - 7.  Taking into account the NDS, current problems in socio-economic development*

### 3. An analysis of the business and investment climate in Tajikistan reveals serious and

### 3. An analysis of the business and investment climate in Tajikistan reveals serious and significant problems and the need to carry out fundamental institutional and economic reforms

### Main problems in the investment and business sector
- delays in the implementation of serious institutional and economic reforms, weaknesses in the motivation system for productive labour in the real sector of the economy and low labour productivity, an inadequate administrative structure and a decline in the level of production and human capital
- continuing difficulties in enforcing contractual relations, protecting ownership and other related rights, ineffectiveness of the legal system
- excessive barriers to entering the market (complicated registration procedures; limited information support; poor development of trucking, air freight and hotel services; cumbersome visa requirements)
- the high cost of doing business (insufficient access to financing, insurance and leasing services; difficulties with electricity, gas, water and heating supply (especially during the winter months); a large number of audits; and serious limitations in connection with certification and inspections)
- insufficient state support for business and investment (a low level of knowledge, lack of market research, high taxes, unprofitable cotton production operations, poor job skills among labour migrants and school graduates)

### Key sector tasks for 2007-2009 (derived from NDS/PRS)
- 1) implementation of institutional reforms
- 2) reduction in overall investment and business risks
- 3) lowering of barriers for investors and entrepreneurs to enter the market
- 4) a reduction in the costs associated with entrepreneurial and investment activity
- 5) state support for business and investment

### Institutional reforms and implementation measures (Task 1)
- identify specific government bodies responsible for implementation and monitoring of PRS measures and strengthen their potential
- develop (adapt) methods for calculating country attractiveness ratings from an investment and business standpoint
- improve relations between government bodies and business people and investors
- strengthen potential of other bodies for attracting investment and supporting the private sector
- draft proposals on basic principles and approaches for public-private partnerships to recruit the private sector to help address government tasks

### Reducing investment and business risks (Task 2)
- improve mechanisms for protection of ownership and other related rights
- develop proposals concerning accounts payable, property disputes and contract rights
- draft proposals on extra-legal confiscation of property, mortgaging of property and securing rights of minority owners
- provide for more effective management of property complexes
- simplify procedures and reduce the number of licenses, permits, approvals, etc., taking into account amendments to legislation on licensing

### Lowering barriers to market entry and information access (Task 3)
- reduce costs and simplify state registration procedures; reform the state registration system as a whole
- improve availability of information to potential and existing entrepreneurs and investors

### Reducing costs of entrepreneurial and investment activity (Task 4)
- implement legislation on administrative procedures; reduce number and duration of audits; cut mandatory standards; ease certification procedures
- improve access to financial resources by making processes more competitive, including establishment of a credit bureau, simplifying security procedures and organizing registration of personal and real property
- simplify procedures for business closure, including bankruptcy proceedings
- establish a transparent schedule for electricity, gas, heating and water supply to reduce costs amid energy shortages
- expand access to domestic market for foreign transportation firms; promote hotel construction; simplify visa procedures

### State support for business and investment (Task 5)
- provide assistance in training entrepreneurs, including legal training
- support establishment of business associations to develop civil society and involve them in decision-making
- study relative advantages of entrepreneurial activities and convert them into competitive advantages
- prepare programmes to attract foreign direct investment
- provide direct support measures: simplify taxation procedures; establish quotas for small business in government procurement; promote tourism

### Targets and expected outcomes
- raise the contribution of the private sector to GDP to 55% by the end of 2009 (compared to 43% in 2005)

### Development of regional cooperation and integration into the global economy — principal goals
- greater integration into the global economy; proper participation in international division of labour and international trade
- inclusion of domestic enterprises in international production processes; incentives to stimulate export and investment activity
- systematic participation of domestic businesses in determining rules of international trade and achievement of sustainable human development (MDG 8)

### Key problems in regional cooperation and global integration
- lack of necessary potential for effective implementation of trade and investment policy measures, underdeveloped legislative and legal framework, weak implementation mechanism for regulatory legal acts
- unsuitable business environment and investment climate due to lack of transparency in application of trade and investment policy instruments and high transaction costs
- poorly organized and under-diversified exports, heavily dependent on prices in a limited number of unstable raw materials markets; insufficient attention to cluster option for export diversification
- long distance from seaports and transportation and transit problems; dependency on neighbouring countries’ transit conditions
- inadequate marketing; absence of a single company with effective operations in this area
- absence of healthy competition in air transport services market and weak material and technical base of Tajik Air State Airline
- underdeveloped transportation infrastructure and lack of healthy competition in transportation services market
- absence of a transparent and effective mechanism for border and customs control; complicated mechanism for entry and temporary visits by foreign nationals; visa problems and difficulties with labour migration

### Tasks for regional cooperation and global integration (PRS/NDS priorities)
- 1) improve system for management of foreign economic activity
- 2) strengthen participation in global trade
- 3) develop regional cooperation
- 4) diversify commodity and sectoral structure of trade and simplify trading procedures
- 5) develop tourism
- 6) regulate labour migration processes

### Measures to improve management of foreign economic activity (Task 1)
- develop institutional foundations for regulation of foreign economic activity; elaborate policies and harmonize legislation with international law
- enhance investment and business environment and provide access to regulatory legal acts
- establish information and marketing centres
- improve measures for non-tariff regulation of foreign trade activity

### Participation in global economic relations and WTO accession (Task 2)
- implement a package of measures to reduce negative impact of globalization and provide access to domestic market consistent with economic interests
- fulfill WTO agreements on intellectual property rights protection, reduce technical barriers to trade, and sanitary and phytosanitary standards
- train highly qualified specialists in international trade and law
- establish a Tajikistan representative office at the WTO Secretariat in Geneva to participate in drafting and adoption of decisions on international trade
- obtain preferential terms for exports within the universal system of preferences of WTO countries

### Regional cooperation measures (Task 3)
- improve regulatory legal framework for regional cooperation
- develop transportation and transit cooperation to resolve regional transit problems
- develop cooperation for effective use of water and energy resources and hydrocarbon reserves
- develop regional trade and simplify trade procedures within the region
- accelerate creation of a Customs Union and Common Economic Area within EurAsEC; more active participation in SCO; develop relations within ECO
- develop transportation corridors; create an International Energy Consortium; increase potential for electricity transmission through construction of electric power lines

### Diversification of trade and simplification of procedures (Task 4)
- increase foreign trade turnover through policy to develop export-oriented sectors
- draft sectoral export development programmes reflecting relative advantages
- improve tariff and customs policies; establish a Consultative Committee on Trade Procedures
- eliminate deposit requirement for transit shipment of goods across Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia
- improve licensing mechanism for alcohol production, handling and sale
- improve insurance system for legal entities and individuals
- resolve establishment of free economic zones

### Development of tourism (Task 5)
- elaborate mechanism for policy implementation and planning; create institutional base
- strengthen advertising and public information via television and radio programmes abroad and publication of materials
- promote participation of domestic tour operators in international exhibitions and trade fairs through a single exhibit
- organize tourism offices abroad for advertising and public information functions
- promote Tajikistan’s tourism opportunities in countries with potential to send tourists
- develop tourism infrastructure, including network of hotels and other facilities

### Regulation of labour migration (Task 6)
- improve regulation and organization of external labour migration
- step up political dialogue to protect rights and interests of Tajik migrants abroad
- create conditions for simplified entry and exit, visits and movement within other countries
- develop civilized methods and forms for delivery of services in foreign markets through establishment of a commercial presence

### Target for foreign trade turnover
- boost the country’s foreign trade turnover by 25% by 2009 compared to 2005

### Infrastructure, energy and industry — strategic role
- development of infrastructure (transportation and communications), energy and industry to establish material foundations for stable, strong economic growth and reduce poverty
- expected outcomes: rise in domestic employment and expanded access to social services (water supply, sanitation, health care, social welfare, environmental protection), linked to fulfilment of MDGs

### Infrastructure specifics and identified issues
- rail transport: accounts for more than 80% of the total foreign trade turnover, approximately 50% of the travel by labour migrants to Russia and more than one-third of total freight shipments
- Tajik Railway productivity in 1995-2002 fell by 60% owing to a 50% decline in shipments and a 20% increase in personnel
- productivity per worker in Tajik Railway is lower than in other Central Asian countries
- consumers suffer poor quality of rail services: aging rolling stock, poor sanitary condition of railcars, overburdened routes, shortage of routes
- many locomotives and railcars need retirement due to use beyond normal service life
- 85% of freight shipments handled by Tajik Railway are carried on railcars owned by foreign companies
- major repairs overdue on 142 km of track of the existing 950.7 km system; train speed on some sections down to 15-20 kmh
- signalling, communications, centralization and shunting systems are aging and need repair and upgrading; no communications and electric power lines between Kurgan-Tyube and Kulyab stations

### Road transport
- road transport plays a key role in domestic shipping and is a major consumer of petroleum products
- Tajikistan’s mountainous landscape fragments the market and makes mountain regions difficult to reach during winter months
- the country has more than 30,000 kilometres of roads built between 1960 and 1990; local roads and roads managed by various government agencies account for 16,000 kilometres
- all roads need major repairs and funds are insufficient
- international road transport currently accounts for less than 5% of total volume of international shipping
- low utilization of international road transport partly due to high tariffs; shipments by road from Khujand to the Benelux countries take two days longer and costs $50 per tonne more (including unofficial payments) than shipments from Tashkent
- intergovernmental transportation agreements are not being implemented in full; transit problems in Central Asia unresolved, including technical requirements and unofficial payments

### Air transport
- air freight dominated by Tajik Air State Unitary Aviation Enterprise with aging fleet, substandard auxiliary services, airport infrastructure deficiencies, outdated air traffic control and ground facilities
- low aircraft utilization due to high fuel consumption and costs; replacement with Western-manufactured planes under consideration
- Tajik Air charges higher rates than other regional airlines; shortage of airline tickets for labour migrants causes additional costs and corruption
- insufficient competition and poor regulation contribute to lack of transparency and heavy debt burden for the company; domestic route rates do not cover direct costs, resulting in operating losses

### Communications sector and other infrastructure indicators
- communications sector offers development promise due to low transportation costs, high labour-intensiveness and expectations for strong global growth
- modernization largely completed: more than 70% of capacity of outdated analogue automatic telephone exchanges replaced with digital equipment
- percentage of urban telephone network converted to digital hardware is now 80%
- national television broadcasting system reaches 98% of the population
- postal service has a far-flung network of outlets but operates at a loss and is subsidized by the state

*Source: _cr0982 - 3. An analysis of the business and investment climate in Tajikistan reveals serious and significant problems and the need to carry out fundamental institutional and economic reforms*

### 3. The main infrastructure problems are:

### _cr0982 - 3. The main infrastructure problems are:

### Infrastructure constraints and main problems
- Tajikistan is far away from the sea and is broken up into individual regions, which limits economic accessibility both among regions and in terms of the external market.
- Institutional and economic reforms have not been fully implemented and there are deficiencies in the public administration system.
- Significant administrative barriers to development of the private sector; transportation and expediting organizations offer limited services.
- Rising prices for energy resources, and a poor material and technical base that needs significant financial resources for restoration and development while budget funding is limited.

### Main infrastructure development tasks for 2007-2009
- 1) to implement institutional reforms;
- 2) to make more effective use of the available resources; and
- 3) to promote existing and new investment projects.

### Task 1 — Implementation of institutional reforms (infrastructure)
- Strengthen the legal foundation for the operation of central and local executive government bodies in the infrastructure sector.
- Increase the potential of those bodies and lower administrative barriers.
- Grant independent status to the Association of International Trucking Carriers.
- Create incentives for easing access to the domestic market for foreign transport companies to limit state interference in international transportation services and increase scale and quality of services.
- Consider and possibly establish tolls for the use of certain sections of various highways to recoup part of the state’s costs.

### Task 2 — More effective use of available infrastructure resources
- Organize better accounting and more efficient use of state property, given limited state funds.
- Take an inventory (provide official records for) transportation facilities and clearly establish ownership rights, including restructuring agricultural enterprises and addressing roads not under any authority.
- Privatization Strategy calls for development and implementation of individual plans for restructuring largest infrastructure enterprises: Tajik Railway, Tajik Air, Tajiktelecom, and Teleradiocom.

### Task 3 — Promotion of existing and new investment infrastructure projects
- Track progress in construction of roads that provide internal inter-regional accessibility and offer a way out of the transportation dead-end.
- Plans to improve fuel supply for transportation by converting vehicles to alternative energy sources in connection with higher petroleum product prices.
- Support Tajik Railway and Tajik Air to improve their material and technical base.
- Consider building highways to Afghanistan to provide access to Iran and Pakistan.
- Promote projects in the communications sector.

### Energy: importance and current status
- Tajikistan’s future development and poverty reduction depend to a large extent on making effective use of its energy resources.
- The electricity system essentially consists of three separate subsystems: one in Sogd Province, one in the south (including Khatlon Province, the city of Dushanbe and the RRS) and one in GBAO.
- With 55% of the water resources in the Central Asia region, Tajikistan has considerable hydroelectric power reserves.
- Total potential hydropower reserves are in the neighbourhood of 527 billion kWh per year (primarily in the southern part of the country).
- The current level of electricity generated represents just 6.5% of the technically feasible potential.
- Hydropower resources account for over 90% of the country’s fuel and energy balance.
- The country at present generates between 16.5 billion and 17 billion kWh of electricity per year, with hydroelectric generating facilities accounting for approximately 99% of this output.
- The Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plan (HPP) generates the lion’s share of hydropower; it has a small reservoir limiting full utilization.
- The low cost of electricity at Nurek HPP is 0.3 U.S. cent (investment costs covered during the Soviet era).
- Major consumers: Tajik Aluminium Plant (TadAZ) accounts for some 40% of total load; pumps supplying water for agricultural needs account for some 15% of the total load.
- Proven reserves of oil, gas and condensate represent less than 1% of total resources, which are estimated at 1,033 million tonnes of standard fuel.
- Projected coal reserves are estimated at 4.5 billion tonnes, of which 100,000 tonnes were extracted in 2005.
- Winter shortfall in electricity is in the range of 3 billion to 3.5 billion kWh.
- Seasonal restrictions limited consumption of electricity and gas to 6-8 hours per day during shortages.

### Energy sector problems
- Incomplete implementation of institutional and economic reforms in the energy sector.
- Low rates, which do not support expanded reproduction; a significant quasi-fiscal deficit.
- Growth in electricity as a proportion of household energy consumption.
- Significant energy losses.
- High cost of construction of new and renovation of existing energy facilities.

### Key energy sector tasks for 2007-2009
- 1) implementation of institutional reforms;
- 2) more effective use of available resources;
- 3) promotion of new and existing investment projects in the energy sector.

### Task 1 — Institutional reforms (energy)
- Assign functions to and enhance potential of agencies responsible for drafting and implementing energy policy and regulation.
- Promote electricity exports to potential buyers in neighbouring countries experiencing shortages (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India).
- Plan a steady rise in energy rates starting in 2007, bringing them up to 2.1 cents per kW by 2010.
- Put mechanisms in place to protect the most vulnerable segments of the population.
- Draft a conceptual plan for energy sector development up to 2025, including industrial-energy and water-industrial complexes (clusters) and regional energy consortiums.
- Study issues related to charging a fee for water use.

### Task 2 — More effective use of available resources (energy)
- Restructure largest energy enterprises: Barki Tochik power company and Tajikgas.
- Implement a programme to build small hydropower plants to improve electricity supply in remote high-poverty regions.
- Reduce energy losses, including at the consumer level.
- Expand access to Barki Tochik distribution networks to improve availability to new consumers.
- Construct new power-generating facilities (Sangtuda HPPs 1 and 2, first phase of the Rogun HPP) to improve winter availability and create conditions for summer exports of surplus power.
- Study converting heating plants to coal and promote an investment project to build one coal-fired electric power plant.

### Task 3 — Promotion of investment energy projects
- Modernize existing hydroelectric power installations to increase efficiency.
- Construct new HPPs and reconstruct coal-powered plants.
- Construct the South-North electric power transmission line to reduce dependence of Sogd Province on imported electricity.
- Promote investment projects to build power lines for export of electricity to other countries in the region to expand the market for surplus electricity.

### Industry: status, constraints, and tasks
- Industrial output declined to 34.2% of the 1991 level in 1996; in 2004 it was 63.6% of the 1991 level.
- The raw materials sector accounts for 58.0% of industrial output.
- TadAZ aluminium plant dominates industrial output, accounting for 40% of the total.
- Main constraints on mining and industry: low investment, high costs for developing deposits, narrow profit margins, lack of technical equipment, weak institutional and legal base, and limited investor information access.
- Sources of recent industrial growth: restoration of peace, migrants’ remittances, and higher domestic demand.
- Tajikistan has significant resources for industrial processing: agricultural raw materials, medicinal herbs, coal, gold, precious stones and other mineral resources.

Main reasons for slump in industrial production and slow revival:
- Domestic market is small, former cooperative ties broken, no clearly defined industrial policy, and high regulation.
- Limited experience and knowledge in industrial management; labour productivity approximately 45% of the level in China and half of what it is in Poland and India.
- Use of aging equipment and obsolete technologies; difficult access to capital; substandard product quality.
- Deterioration in transportation conditions and in supply of gas, water, heat and electricity.

Main development tasks for industry for 2007-2009:
- 1) institutional reform in the industrial sector;
- 2) support for the development of priority sectors of industry.

Implementation of institutional reforms (industry):
- Increase potential of government bodies and improve management systems.
- Conduct inventory of existing industrial capacities and analyze privatized (restructured) industrial enterprises to improve information base and more effective use of state-owned property.
- Improve mining legislation and better access to information for potential investors.
- Update tax legislation and property laws; modernize system for registration and transfer of mineral rights; train national personnel.
- Foster favourable conditions for small industrial businesses to promote employment, industrial growth and economic diversification.

Support for priority industrial sectors:
- Promote major investment projects in the food industry and light industry, particularly enterprises with integrated production cycles for processing cotton and other agricultural raw materials.
- Focus on the building materials industry given anticipated growth in demand from energy, road and other projects and private demand.
- Attract investments for processing aluminium and precious metals and stones, and investments in mining.
- Promote projects to set up plants for manufacturing spare parts and assembly of new agricultural equipment.
- Implement projects to produce equipment for alternative energy (wind and solar), and for biogas production to improve energy availability for small businesses and households in remote regions.

### Targets to be achieved by 2009 (selected sectoral indicators)
- Infrastructure sector:
  - increase freight turnover by 12.6%;
  - increase passenger turnover by 4.7%;
  - increase the contribution of the communications sector as a proportion of GDP to 38%.
- Energy sector:
  - extend average daily availability of electricity for all consumers from 16 hours to 20 hours;
  - reduce the quasi-fiscal deficit from 20.5% to 0%;
  - introduce a concrete schedule for the delivery of gas, electricity and heating.
- Industrial sector:
  - increase industrial output through restoration and development of enterprises by 25.6%;
  - boost labour productivity in industry by 16%;
  - expand industrial exports by 18%;
  - raise the number of people employed in industry by 20.5%.

*IMF staff assessment (excerpt)._

### 2.  The  sector  encompassing  food  security  and  development  of  the  agricultural  sector

### 2.  The  sector  encompassing  food  security  and  development  of  the  agricultural  sector

### Core problems identified in the sector
- the management system in the sector is underdeveloped and the potential of bodies responsible for the drafting and implementation of sectoral policy is quite weak;
- government agencies interfere in the operations of agricultural enterprises;
- debt to investors in the cotton sector is growing, the technology is inefficient, there are long delays and high costs associated with cotton-ginning and the grading of cotton is not consistent with international standards;
- there is not enough feed due to a reduction in the planting of feed crops, the system of moving of livestock to remote pastures for grazing has been disrupted, productivity has declined and veterinary care is inadequate;
- there are high costs associated with the repair and renovation of irrigation and drainage networks and pumping stations;
- the incidence of food-related illnesses is rising, and the legislative, personnel and laboratory base for ensuring a healthy diet is weak.

### Main medium-range tasks (from NDS/PRS priorities)
- 1) implementation of institutional reforms;
- 2) increased efficiency in the cotton sector;
- 3) providing for guarantees and securing land-use rights;
- 4) improving the condition and raising the effectiveness of the agricultural and water resource management infrastructure;
- 5) improvement of the conditions for the development of rural entrepreneurial activity;
- 6) ensuring a healthy diet.

### Task 1 — Implementation of institutional reforms
- reform and boost the potential of bodies responsible for drafting and implementing sectoral policy, attracting investment and supporting entrepreneurial activity;
- eliminate administrative barriers related to interference by government bodies in agricultural activity;
- draft and implement multisectoral programmes for food security and for developing the production and export of agricultural goods up to 2015;
- support efforts to preserve the gene pool of domestic and wild animals (establishment of sperm banks and databases).

### Task 2 — Increased efficiency in the cotton sector
- progressive resolution of the cotton debt problem via an independent commission, based on legal proceedings at pilot cotton farms and introduction of bankruptcy procedures for indebted farms;
- conduct surveys and devise effective new lending methods for cotton farming to ease farmers’ access to credit;
- introduce international standards for the grading of cotton in Tajikistan, including establishment of a special entity to do the grading;
- simplify commodity exchange procedures to allow dekhan (peasant) farmers to increase income from cotton sales;
- perform surveys and develop a mechanism to increase competition among cotton mills to reduce processing time and improve product quality;
- improve access to foreign markets and minimize procedures involved in export of cotton and import of fertilizers, equipment and other supplies.

### Task 3 — Providing guarantees and securing land-use rights
- adopt legislative regulation to simplify and increase transparency of procedures for registration of land-use rights to reduce costs of obtaining titles;
- complete reorganization and restructuring of farms to give dekhan farmers real land-use rights;
- prepare proposals for a uniform tax on agricultural land depending on soil quality and appraised land value;
- support measures to ensure equal rights and opportunities for men and women regarding access to land, including public information, educational and promotional measures, training in land-use practices, and development of a network of micro-credit institutions;
- continue monitoring observance of equal rights to land and related guarantees;
- draft proposals to ensure proper use of agricultural land and establish additional sanctions for improper use.

### Task 4 — Improve agricultural and water resource management infrastructure
- restore and renovate irrigation and drainage systems (based on preliminary studies);
- develop new land and support establishment of water users’ associations;
- inventory social service, transportation, irrigation and other facilities left without oversight for placement under management of other appropriate bodies;
- raise soil fertility and reduce erosion and desertification through tree and shrub planting and crop rotation practices.

### Task 5 — Improve conditions for rural entrepreneurial activity
- promote investment projects and attract funds from labour migrants to establish service businesses (leasing, etc.) and develop animal husbandry at private farms;
- support establishment of dairy farms, sheep farming for meat production, poultry farming, yak and goat herding in mountainous and high-elevation regions, apiculture and fish farming (phase 1);
- organize private livestock insemination centres in jamoats (rural municipalities);
- give farms better access to financial resources and ensure supply of seeds, fertilizers, chemicals and other materials;
- improve quality of veterinary, seed selection and seed production services through private-sector involvement;
- perform research on the food market and provide market services;
- study feasibility of simplified regulation and taxation of sole-proprietor, micro- and small agricultural enterprises (including service businesses and cotton sowing operations);
- provide economic, legal and consulting services on land use and private business development in the agricultural sector;
- conduct an experiment in five or six regions giving farmers freedom to choose crops to grow to reduce interference in production-related activities;
- strengthen potential of structures that combat insects (locusts).

### Task 6 — Ensuring a healthy diet
- draft a law on the enrichment of flour;
- establish an alliance (group) to improve nutrition at the government level;
- develop (adapt) public health regulations and standards and medical and biological requirements and public health standards for food quality and safety;
- draft and implement a Strategy for the Prevention and Treatment of Malnutrition among Children;
- draft and implement a scientifically based Strategy to Ensure Sound Nutrition for Schoolchildren and perform related research studies;
- implement measures for prevention and treatment of malnutrition; supply iron supplements and vitamin A capsules to targeted groups;
- enrich processed flour with nutritional additives; ensure that all salt is iodized;
- supply the National Centre for Nutrition Problems under the Ministry of Health with laboratory equipment;
- establish nutrition departments at the Abuali ibn Sino State Medical University of Tajikistan and the Post-Graduate Training Institute;
- implement a comprehensive programme to raise the level of physical activity among the population;
- systematic assessment of the nutritional status of the population and other medical problems related to nutrition.

### Expected outcomes by 2009
- boost gross agricultural output by 16.5%;
- raise labour productivity by 8.2%.

*Source: _cr0982 - 2. The sector encompassing food security and development of the agricultural sector*

### 2. Science

### 2. Science

### Overview
- The development of science could make a serious contribution to reducing poverty through the performance of important research, and in particular applied research targeted at the development of the real sector of the economy. This could also contribute to the training of highly qualified personnel.
- The country’s scientific potential consists of academic and sectoral research institutes and institutions, including scientific research at higher education institutions.
- In accordance with the Republic of Tajikistan Science and Technology Strategy for 2007-2015, the goal of the PRS in the science and technology sector is to reform and strengthen the role of science in promoting the country’s socio-economic development.

### Key problems in the science sector
- underdevelopment of the management system and ineffective use of resources in the sector;
- limited utilization of scientific potential for the development of comprehensive national scientific and technical programmes aimed at addressing key problems in the country’s socio-economic development;
- inadequate material and technical support for science;
- a lack of international scientific and technical cooperation.

### Strategic tasks (from the Strategy)
- 1) to improve the institutional system of science;
- 2) to concentrate scientific potential in priority research areas that will contribute to the country’s economic development; and
- 3) to improve the material and technical base of the science sector.

### Management reform actions (task 1)
- Perform a horizontal and vertical functional survey and prepare practical recommendations.
- Integrate academic, applied and higher-education science.
- Provide incentives for scientists.

### Concentrating scientific potential in priority areas (task 2)
- Emphasize increasing the proportion of scientific developments that are incorporated into the real sector of the economy.
- Scientific research will be carried out primarily in the high-priority areas of the natural sciences, engineering, medicine and agriculture.

### Material and technical base improvements (task 3)
- Restore and update the material and technical base of scientific research institutions.
- Furnish institutions with instruments, equipment and reagents.
- These measures are prompted by insufficient financial support and partial destruction of scientific infrastructure during the civil war.

### Targeted outcome
- The implementation of these measures in the science sector will make it possible by 2009 to increase the practical relevance and introduction of scientific advancements in the real sector of the economy by 30%.

*Source: _cr0982 - 2. Science*

### 5. The implementation of institutional reform (task 1) is based on the drafting of two

### 5. The implementation of institutional reform (task 1) is based on the drafting of two

### Institutional reform and social insurance / pension security
- Core purpose: draft two strategic documents — a conceptual framework for reform and a state strategy for development of the entire social welfare system — to define government targeted social policies that enable citizens to exercise their rights to social protection.
- Central problem (task 2): achieve financial sustainability of the state social insurance and pension security system while lowering the tax burden on taxpayers.
- Diagnosis of the existing pension system:
  - Provides a wide range of benefits and concessions to various categories of citizens.
  - Does not take into account the personal contribution of each worker, making the social insurance system economically ineffective.
- Proposed resolutions:
  - modification and modernization of the relevant regulatory and legislative base to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive, motivation-based mechanism for all beneficiaries of (participants in) the state social insurance system;
  - revision of the system of concessions and privileges, the differentiation of these benefits, identification of sources of financing and a reduction in financial resources that are not used for their designated purpose;
  - proper recording of the pension rights of insured persons and the introduction of personal accounting technology;
  - regular forecasting of the effect (impact) of socio-demographic changes on the country’s state budget.

### Social statistics, labor market, and wage/payment issues (task 3 and task 4)
- Major constraint: lack of up-to-date methods and complete and reliable social statistics in Tajikistan, limiting systematic analysis of the social sphere and forecasting socio-economic development.
- Needs identified:
  - establish a methodological base for the study, monitoring and regulation of the labour market and labour migration;
  - set up an information support framework for the social welfare system using up-to-date technologies for collection, processing, use and storage of information.
- Payment and indexing problem:
  - Long delays in the payment of wages and arrears on the payment of insurance contributions by insured persons obstruct timely indexing of (increases in) pensions and social benefits.
  - Resolution linked to examining wage arrears and arrears on social tax payments and reform of the employee compensation system.
- Labour market measures (task 4):
  - State should encourage economy development by creating conditions for able-bodied population to receive free training (or retraining) in competitive occupations with guaranteed job placement.
  - Increase competitiveness of unemployed via reforms to basic vocational education and integration of basic, secondary and higher education.
  - Address illegal labour migration by arranging short-term “survival” courses and strengthening regulatory and legal norms.
  - Develop contractual regulation of social-labour relations on a tripartite principle (government, trade unions, employers) to protect worker rights on working hours, wages, discrimination, dismissal and social protection.

### Targeted social assistance, social services quality, and vulnerable groups (tasks 5 and 6)
- Transition context: adaptation to market relations requires a new system of targeted social assistance consistent with market needs (task 5), delivering socio-economic, medical, psychological, educational, legal, personal and other services to those in difficulty.
- Fiscal constraint: severe budgetary constraints necessitate targeting and verification mechanisms to prioritize those most in need.
- Legal/organizational goals:
  - develop state standards for social services and organizational-legal mechanisms for providing targeted social assistance and establish a legal basis.
- Specific tasks to be addressed:
  - calculation and establishment of the minimum subsistence income;
  - providing equal access to a full range of high-quality social services for various categories and groups of people;
  - integrating systems for standardization, certification, licensing, evaluation and quality control in the social services sector;
  - fostering mutual understanding and cooperation among personnel at social service institutions, clients, and administrative and supervisory agencies.
- Expected effects of updating/simplifying targeting mechanisms: reduce number of different benefits, concessions and beneficiaries, and raise the amount of social assistance to a sufficient level.
- Risk of underinvestment (task 6): weakening government provision of high-quality social services could lead to social instability, social conflicts, malnutrition, disease and a rise in crime.
- Priority expansion of social services to include: medical, psychological, educational, legal, personal assistance and social worker support for identified vulnerable groups including large families, single-parent families, families without children, families going through divorce, young families, underage parents, families with disabled members, those with adverse psychological environments, children threatened in health/development, orphaned/abandoned children, children with anti-social behaviour, street children, single and elderly people, the unemployed, homeless people, and youth raised in orphanages.
- Implementation will provide equal access to state-guaranteed services and social adaptation/rehabilitation services for disabled persons, families, women and children, individuals with anti-social behaviour, etc.

### Child poverty and juvenile protection (task 7)
- Finding: analysis indicates children are at the greatest risk of falling into poverty.
  - Sociological survey data: children account for more than one-fourth of the poor population.
- Child poverty impacts: irreversible effects on health, education opportunities and social status; risk exists before birth depending on medical care and social assistance to future mothers.
- Priority: reduction in child poverty is one of the priorities in reducing social poverty.
- Proposed programmes: ease factors contributing to social orphans, support children and families in difficulty, develop juvenile rights protection system, expand childcare within the family, increase scope and quality of social services for children and families in difficulty.

### Medium-term interconnected priority measures and target poverty reduction (medium term 2007-2009)
- Medium-term horizon specified: 2007-2009.
- Expected outcomes from implementing priority measures in the social welfare sphere:
  - to provide for more effective management of state social insurance and pension system funds as a whole;
  - to increase the number of insured persons covered by the state social insurance system;
  - to promote growth in the insurance contributions received;
  - to reduce unemployment;
  - to raise the level of social welfare for the population;
  - and to increase wages, pensions and social benefits;
- Forecast impact: contribute to a steady decline in the poverty rate by 10-12% over the forecast period.

### Expansion of access to water, sanitation and housing and municipal services — objectives and diagnostics
- Sector goal: establish economic and administrative mechanisms to implement the first stage in restoring existing water supply and sanitation systems and housing and municipal services; encourage civil society and business participation; instil public sense of ownership and interest in housing stock management.
- Water source and service coverage statistics:
  - Tajikistan uses predominantly surface water and groundwater sources, half of which have elevated hardness and mineralization levels.
  - 87% of the urban population and 20% of rural residents receive their water from centralized water systems that do not meet drinking water standards.
  - Sewage services are available to 23% of the country’s urban population and 5% of the rural population.
  - Majority of population centres lack solid waste collection and recycling services.
- Problems identified:
  - functions related to policy development and regulation not assigned to a single body; lack of coordination among responsible agencies; insufficient comprehensive programmes and plans;
  - insufficient and limited regulatory legal base; facilities in rural areas with no responsible management;
  - lack of stable electricity supply hindering operation of facilities;
  - unsatisfactory technical condition of water, power, heating, sanitation systems and municipal services;
  - no clearly defined and transparent policy for targeted social assistance related to payments for water, power, heating and municipal services;
  - ineffective utilization of domestic and foreign investments; no rate policy ensuring profitability and inadequate institutional/functional potential for collecting payments;
  - declining quality of housing and municipal services and rising inefficient spending;
  - insufficient measures for development of social sphere and public utility infrastructure in rural municipalities (jamoats);
  - rural areas virtually no centralized sewer systems or solid waste collection/recycling facilities;
  - rapid population growth not matched by sector development;
  - shortage of skilled personnel.

### Water, sanitation and housing sector targets and tasks (end-2009 targets and sector tasks)
- Main reform targets by the end of 2009:
  - (1) drinking water that meets government standards, for 96% of the urban population and 51% of rural residents;
  - (2) basic sanitation and hygiene services for 47% of urban residents and 37% of the rural population.
- Main sector tasks at this reform stage:
  - 1) implementation of institutional reforms in the sector;
  - 2) attraction of private business and investment;
  - 3) increased effectiveness and optimal performance of the sector’s infrastructure.
- Institutional reform measures (task 1) include:
  - functional and institutional survey; clarify functions and increase potential of agencies responsible for policy development and implementation and drafting laws, standards, programmes and regulatory documents;
  - prepare necessary legislative and other regulatory legal acts and raise funds for modernization of electrical power and hydro-mechanical equipment;
  - improve system for recording water use, install water meters, renovate key facilities in centralized heating systems;
  - prepare a conceptual plan for housing stock development to provide incentives for private construction and analyze rate and payment collection mechanisms for municipal services.
- Investment and private sector measures (task 2):
  - analyze sector attractiveness for investment, evaluate prospects for privatization or restructuring of facilities, and prepare proposals for state support of activities in this sphere.
- Infrastructure effectiveness measures (task 3):
  - draft or revise and implement general local development plans;
  - develop (restore) public utility infrastructure;
  - promote public housing construction projects;
  - increase access to housing and municipal services for low-income and socially vulnerable populations.
- Sector reconstruction measures include:
  - restore and rebuild reservoir for daily regulation of water levels; protect public health zones; restore and rebuild heating and water supply networks, interior plumbing systems and water supply systems of towns, district centres and rural localities; restore and rebuild sewage treatment plants; build treatment facilities; and improve sanitation and hygiene conditions.
- Expected sector results: increased access for urban and rural populations to safe drinking water, sanitation services and housing and municipal services; increased income for housing and municipal services enterprises; restoration of technical base; higher collection rate for public utility payments; improved service quality.

### Environmental sustainability (link to MDG Goal 7)
- Responsibility: a group of interconnected government agencies is responsible for implementation of environmental sustainability issues tied directly to Goal 7 of the MDGs.
- Legislative status: environmental legislation is fairly well developed, but most laws lack implementation mechanisms and are not harmonized across ministries/departments due to limited inter-agency coordination.
- Environmental quality and degradation indicators:
  - Decline in soil quality: as much as 97.9% of the nation’s agricultural land is subject to erosion.
  - More than 15% of land under irrigation has been affected by salinization and swamping.
  - Observed problems include deforestation, cultivation and overgrazing, unauthorized use of steep mountain slopes for open-pit mining, and vulnerability of mountain lakes and reservoirs to breaches, aggravating environmental instability.

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### Environmental situation and principal problems
- 22 tailing ponds in the country; eight of these are in poor condition and are in need of immediate reconstruction.
- Agricultural activities pollute groundwater due to excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides and dumping of highly mineralized water from irrigation systems.
- The majority of monitoring stations and installations are not functional.
- Funds earmarked for environmental protection activities (up to 3% of the value of investment projects) are not being used for their designated purpose.
- Serious difficulties in: aligning environmental policies with economic realities; raising capacity of bodies responsible for environmental policy development and implementation; implementing urgent remediation of radioactive and toxic waste burial sites; bringing solid household waste disposal sites into conformity with environmental protection legislation.

### Main problems in environmental sustainability (as identified)
- insufficient potential of agencies responsible for environmental policy development and implementation and the system of environmental monitoring stations and installations, glacier monitoring stations, dams and reservoirs; the development and creation of environmental data bases in pilot regions;
- the fact that the majority of existing and newly drafted environmental protection laws lack mechanisms for their implementation;
- an absence of measures for the recycling and destruction of particularly hazardous chemical waste, and for the construction of toxic waste storage sites and sites for the burial of poisonous chemicals that are no longer suitable for use or are prohibited;
- inadequate implementation of priority measures aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of water resources, preventing the degradation of land resources, maintaining biodiversity and preventing air pollution;
- the lack of an environmental monitoring system in industry;
- insufficient organization of reforestation activities and inadequate attention to specially protected natural areas and to raising public awareness of the environment.

### Sector tasks and planned measures (2007-2009)
- Main tasks for “Promotion of environmental sustainability” sector in 2007-2009:
  - 1) implementation of institutional reforms and improvement of the legislative base;
  - 2) promotion of existing and new investment projects.
- Task 1 measures:
  - bring environmental policy into line with socio-economic situation;
  - optimize functions and strengthen potential of agencies responsible for environmental policy development and implementation;
  - reinforce the legislative framework for environmental activities;
  - ensure proper accounting of funds earmarked for environmental needs, including those related to investment projects.
- Task 2 measures:
  - promotion of existing and new investment projects in environmental protection;
  - prevent release into the environment of hazardous substances negatively impacting public health and the natural environment;
  - complementary measures in other sectors (energy, industry, agriculture, etc.) to reduce environmental impacts;
  - promotion of eco-tourism.

### Planned outcomes by end-2009 (from implementation of measures planned for 2007-2009)
- a 5% increase in the area of land covered by forests;
- a 3% increase in the area of land set aside for the purpose of preserving biological diversity;
- a 5% reduction in the area of degraded land and pastureland;
- a 7-9% reduction in the discharge of polluted waste water into surface and groundwater sources;
- a 4% reduction in the release of point and non-point air pollution;
- household solid waste disposal sites, garbage dumps and tailing ponds brought into conformity with the requirements of environmental protection legislation;
- restoration and development of the environmental monitoring system.

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### Promotion of gender equality — key findings and problems
- The gender gap is widening in exercise of basic rights (right to work, right to education, access to means of production, right to own property).
- Equality under the law does not guarantee actual equality; current policies have negligible impact on social relations between men and women.
- Key problems identified:
  - an underdeveloped legislative base and insufficient institutional mechanisms to ensure observance of norms and principles of gender equality;
  - a poor understanding and application of gender-based approaches by public employees at all levels of government;
  - inadequate budget funding to support measures to implement gender policy;
  - a weak statistical base that does not allow for a sufficient breakdown of data by gender and a data collection system that limits opportunities for gender-based analysis;
  - unequal access to resources, including management resources, and supervision of these resources;
  - tolerance of violence against women and children by society;
  - an inadequate social partnership between the government, civil society and the business community in addressing gender problems.

### Gender policy tasks and measures (2007-2009)
- Measures are integrated across sectors (Education, Health care, Improvement of the investment climate, Social welfare, etc.).
- Matrix of priority measures grouped by problems and tasks:
  - Task 1 — improvement of the institutional base for gender policy:
    - study need for amendments to the law on the civil service and draft relevant sublegal acts;
    - establish an inter-agency coordinating body;
    - perform a functional survey and define specific functions and authorities of agencies responsible for drafting and implementing gender policy;
    - introduce “soft” quota methods for women in government agencies;
    - strengthen female personnel potential among civil service employees;
    - draft and implement a targeted programme to promote women to management positions.
  - Task 2 — create effective mechanisms to promote equal access to resources:
    - implement information campaigns;
    - expand practice of setting quotas for young women and men from remote regions;
    - subject to additional funds, set up education and training centres;
    - perform expert reviews of curricula and textbooks from a gender standpoint;
    - carry out measures to reduce employment of women in domestic service jobs.
  - Task 3 — reduction in all types of violence:
    - improve public information;
    - raise gender awareness among law enforcement personnel;
    - establish a National Analytical Centre under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

### Gender outcome targets for 2009 (relative to 2005 baselines)
- boost the percentage of women employed in government bodies by 11% (in 2009) compared to 2005;
- expand the number of women as a proportion of the economically active population from 19% (in 2005) to 25% (in 2009);
- increase women’s access to financial resources from 19% (in 2005) to 35% (in 2009).

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### Financing of PRS implementation — principles and macroeconomic scenario
- Financing sources: state budget (bulk), foreign aid from international organizations and bilateral donors, foreign direct investment.
- Financing principles:
  - Focus on long-term development (need for long-term investments; reduce need for humanitarian assistance);
  - Realism (sober assessment of mobilizing internal resources, foreign assistance, FDI; consider capacity for productive use of resources);
  - Prioritization of spending programmes (concentrate resources in most important policy areas).
- Macroeconomic scenario (forecasts for 2007-2009):
  - In 2007-2009 the country’s economy will grow steadily; GDP will increase at an average annual rate of at least 7%, inflation will be kept at around 6-7% and gross investment in fixed capital will average at least 20% of GDP. In the event that major energy and infrastructure projects are implemented, gross investment could grow considerably.

### Main macroeconomic indicators (Table 3 excerpt)
- Real GDP in 2006 prices (million somoni): 9,272.2 (2006), 9,967.6 (2007 forecast), 10,675.3 (2008 forecast), 11,422.6 (2009 forecast).
- Per capita GDP (somoni, in 2006 prices): 1,311.3 (2006), 1,380.4 (2007 forecast), 1,447.7 (2008 forecast), 1,523.1 (2009 forecast).
- Growth in real GDP (%): 7.0 (2006), 7.5 (2007 forecast), 7.1 (2008 forecast), 7.0 (2009 forecast).
- Average annual inflation rate (%): 12.5 (2006), 7.0 (2007 forecast), 6.0 (2008 forecast), 6.0 (2009 forecast).
- Exports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP: 49.8 (2006), 46.5 (2007 forecast), 47.1 (2008 forecast), 47.5 (2009 forecast).
- Imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP: 61.3 (2006), 65.1 (2007 forecast), 65.2 (2008 forecast), 65.5 (2009 forecast).
- Broad money as a percentage of GDP: 11 (2006), 12 (2007 forecast), 13.5 (2008 forecast), 15 (2009 forecast).
- Gross investment in fixed capital as a percentage of GDP: 17.2 (2006), 22.4 (2007 forecast), 21.0 (2008 forecast), 20.0 (2009 forecast).
- State budget revenues as a percentage of GDP: 17.8 (2006), 19.3 (2007 forecast), 19.9 (2008 forecast), 20.7 (2009 forecast).
- State budget expenditures as a percentage of GDP (not including PIP): 17.3 (2006), 20.3 (2007 forecast), 20.9 (2008 forecast), 21.7 (2009 forecast).
- State budget surplus/deficit as a percentage of GDP (not including PIP): +0.3 (2006), -1.0 (2007 forecast), -1.0 (2008 forecast), -1.0 (2009 forecast).
- Broad state budget deficit indicator (%): 2.7 (2006), 13.7 (2007 forecast), 9.81 (2008 forecast), 5.50 (2009 forecast).
- External government debt as a percentage of GDP: 33.2 (2006), 46.1 (2007 forecast), 52.4 (2008 forecast), 55.0 (2009 forecast).
- External debt service as a percentage of state budget revenues: 2.6 (2006), 3.0 (2007 forecast), 3.2 (2008 forecast), 3.2 (2009 forecast).

### Fiscal projections and budget priorities
- State budget revenues in 2007-2009 (not including grants) projected to increase by an average of 0.8% of GDP per year.
- Financing to cover PRS deficit: attract concessional credits (with a grant component equal to at least 40%) or grant financing where possible, while minimizing macroeconomic instability risk.
- Expenditure side of the budget (including anticipated financing of the PRS deficit) could reach 29% of GDP in 2009.
- Planned changes in budget expenditure structure emphasize PRS priorities at national and local budgets.

### Structure of state budget expenditures (Table 4 excerpt; percentages)
- Expenditures – total (including CSIP and PIP)*: 100 (2007 forecast), 100 (2008 forecast), 100 (2009 forecast).
- Agriculture: 5.4 (2007 forecast), 5.7 (2008 forecast), 4.0 (2009 forecast).
- Transportation and communications: 16.3 (2007 forecast), 17.3 (2008 forecast), 7.5 (2009 forecast).
- Mining and construction: 1.0 (2007 forecast), 1.0 (2008 forecast), 1.0 (2009 forecast).
- Fuel and energy complex: 17.4 (2007 forecast), 10.5 (2008 forecast), 11.8 (2009 forecast).
- Housing and municipal services: 4.2 (2007 forecast), 3.6 (2008 forecast), 3.8 (2009 forecast).
- Education: 15.4 (2007 forecast), 16.3 (2008 forecast), 18.4 (2009 forecast).
- Health care: 5.4 (2007 forecast), 5.8 (2008 forecast), 6.7 (2009 forecast).
- Social welfare: 11.1 (2007 forecast), 13.1 (2008 forecast), 15.4 (2009 forecast).
- Other components of the social sector: 1.6 (2007 forecast), 1.6 (2008 forecast), 1.7 (2009 forecast).
- Public administration and other budget expenditures: 22.2 (2007 forecast), 25.1 (2008 forecast), 29.7 (2009 forecast).
- *The decline in the share of transportation and communications in 2009 is due to the utilization of a large credit from China.

### Investment policy instruments
- Main instruments: Public Investment Programme (financed predominantly from outside sources) and Centralized State Investment Programme (financed from internal budget funds).
- The focus of these programmes on key elements of PRS policy will grow substantially.

*Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2009/_cr0982.pdf*

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### PIP financing volumes and allocation
- In 2006 PIP funds were used to effect investments equal to 8.5% of GDP.
- Projected level of investments under the PIP:
  - 2007: 13.3% of GDP
  - 2008: 8.8% of GDP
  - 2009: 4.5% of GDP
  - Average: 8.9% of GDP per year
- Growth in PIP resources is due primarily to the attraction of additional external financing sources and is not expected to lead to a tightening of current spending.
- The PIP for 2007-2009 was coordinated with the PRS drafting process and reflects PRS priorities and sequencing in financial terms.
- Primary PIP earmarks include:
  - development of the private sector and stimulating investment in energy, transportation, agricultural and water resources sectors
  - development of human potential through structural reforms in education, health care and social welfare and investment in social infrastructure
  - institutional development of relevant sectors to improve public administration (third PRS priority)

- Projected distribution of PIP funds (PIP – total, as a percentage of overall state budget expenditures):
  - 2007: 45.17
  - 2008: 45.74
  - 2009: 38.92

- Selected sectoral shares of PIP (percent of overall state budget expenditures):
  - Management of the economy: 2007: 0.79; 2008: 1.53; 2009: 2.10
  - Agriculture, irrigation and rural water supply: 2007: 5.08; 2008: 6.53; 2009: 4.89
  - Water supply and sewage services: 2007: 1.68; 2008: 0.83; 2009: 0.45
  - Energy: 2007: 18.07; 2008: 13.58; 2009: 14.93
  - Transportation and communications: 2007: 15.29; 2008: 17.74; 2009: 8.82
  - Education: 2007: 1.77; 2008: 2.40; 2009: 2.13
  - Health care: 2007: 1.33; 2008: 1.32; 2009: 2.39
  - Social welfare and labour: 2007: 0.84; 2008: 1.26; 2009: 1.81
  - Multisector and other sectors: 2007: 0.32; 2008: 0.55; 2009: 1.40

- Note: "The PIP flows are not distributed evenly over the years, which is due to the implementation of a major transportation infrastructure project. It is also connected to the fact that official agreements have not yet been concluded for a number of PIP projects that are expected to be launched in 2008-2009, and they were not included in the total figure."

### CSIP projected funding and sectoral breakdown
- Projected funding under the CSIP for 2007-2009: US$230.7 million (annual average of 2.5% of GDP, or 4.6% of the total cost of programme activities).
- The CSIP contribution (projected total): US$230.7
- CSIP – total, as a percentage of overall state budget expenditures:
  - 2007: 7.45
  - 2008: 8.46
  - 2009: 9.52

- Selected sectoral shares of CSIP (percent of overall state budget expenditures):
  - Education: 2007: 1.19; 2008: 1.35; 2009: 1.52
  - Health care: 2007: 0.40; 2008: 0.45; 2009: 0.51
  - Social welfare: 2007: 0.09; 2008: 0.10; 2009: 0.11
  - Agriculture: 2007: 0.32; 2008: 0.36; 2009: 0.41
  - Transportation and communications: 2007: 0.95; 2008: 1.08; 2009: 1.21
  - Mining and construction: 2007: 0.47; 2008: 0.53; 2009: 0.60
  - Fuel and energy complex: 2007: 1.31; 2008: 1.49; 2009: 1.68
  - Housing and municipal services: 2007: 0.72; 2008: 0.82; 2009: 0.92
  - Public administration: 2007: 1.16; 2008: 1.32; 2009: 1.49
  - Law enforcement: 2007: 0.38; 2008: 0.43; 2009: 0.48
  - Other sectors: 2007: 0.46; 2008: 0.53; 2009: 0.59

### PRS financing totals, confirmed financing, and unmet needs
- Total demand for financing for the PRS action programme: US$5,029.4 million, including around US$1 billion in concessional external borrowing.
- Financing approved to date: US$2,253.7 million, comprised of:
  - Budget: US$239.3 million
  - PIP: US$1,172.9 million
  - Foreign direct investment (FDI): US$841.5 million

- Total unmet need for the programme: US$2,775.7 million.
- Planned coverage of the unmet need:
  - Concessional foreign aid under the PIP: US$537.2 million (including just over US$100 million in concessional loans)
  - Additional foreign direct investment: US$2,007.9 million
  - Projected CSIP contribution: US$230.7 million
- Additional need for FDI is equal to 40.1% of the total programme cost.
- Determination of foreign borrowing considered prudential criteria for fiscal stability and sustainability of foreign debt (e.g., net present value of foreign debt to GDP).

- Total expenditures under the PRS (summary row from Table 7):
  - Total need: 5029.4
  - Confirmed financing: Budget: 239.3; PIP – total (credit/grant): 1172.9 (888.9/284.0); FDI: 841.5; Total confirmed: 2253.7
  - CSIP projected total: 230.7
  - Planned concessional foreign aid (PIP): 537.2 (100.3/436.9)
  - Additional FDI needed: 2007.9
  - Unmet need (total): 2775.7
  - Confirmed financing shares and unmet-need shares noted as: 4.6; 10.7 (2.0/8.7); 40.1; 55.1

### Unmet needs for high-priority measures
- Unmet need for financing of high-priority measures alone (within foreign assistance, not including the PIP): US$276.8 million.
  - This equals 5.77% of the total need for financing of the PRS and 10.87% of the total unmet need for financing.
- Table 8 summary (selected sector shortfalls for high-priority measures):
  - Public administration: Shortfall, million U.S. dollars: 5.0; % of total financial need: 100.00
  - Macroeconomic policy: 16.8; % of total financial need: 20.23; % of total unmet need: 92.96
  - Improvement of investment climate, development of the private sector and entrepreneurship: 6.3; % of total financial need: 18.81; % of total unmet need: 36.17
  - Development of transportation: 27.3; % of total financial need: 4.69; % of total unmet need: 13.37
  - Development of communications: 7.8; % of total financial need: 13.86
  - Development of energy: 28.1; % of total financial need: 1.48
  - Development of industry: 1.0; % of total financial need: 0.10
  - Total for infrastructure, transportation and communications, energy and industry: 64.1; % of total financial need: 1.8; % of total unmet need: 3.11
  - Food security and development of agriculture: 28.5; % of total financial need: 12.63; % of total unmet need: 53.87
  - Development of education: 38.0; % of total financial need: 24.10; % of total unmet need: 50.27
  - Development of science: 6.2; % of total financial need: 6.14; % of total unmet need: 71.52
  - Total for the education and science sector: 44.2; % of total financial need: 26.44; % of total unmet need: 52.44
  - Development of the health care sector: 41.8; % of total financial need: 25.99; % of total unmet need: 79.83
  - Social welfare: 22.3; % of total financial need: 48.18; % of total unmet need: 65.29
  - Expanded access to water supply, sanitation and housing and municipal services: 22.7; % of total financial need: 12.60; % of total unmet need: 16.30
  - Promotion of environmental sustainability: 17.4; % of total financial need: 36.36; % of total unmet need: 73.89
  - Promotion of gender equality: 1.0; % of total financial need: 30.37; % of total unmet need: 59.24
  - Total expenditures under the PRS (high-priority shortfall): 276.8; % of total financial need: 5.77; % of total unmet need: 10.87

- The unmet need for financing of priority measures under the PRS (within foreign assistance, not including FDI) totals US$260.4 million, or 5.43% of the total need for PRS financing and 10.23% of the total unmet need for financing.

### Role and expectations for FDI and external assistance
- PRS plans assume use of US$2,849.4 million in FDI (or 57.0% of the total need for implementation of the PRS).
  - Confirmed FDI to date: US$841.5 million
  - Additional FDI needed: US$2,007.9 million
- Part of the additional need for FDI may be met through domestic private investment, assuming favourable conditions.
- The Government assumes that all development partner funding for poverty reduction, particularly investment funds, will be taken into account in the state budget and focused on implementation of measures outlined in the PRS activity matrix.

### Budget framework, MTBF transition, and possible domestic financing changes
- The state budget is the principal financial instrument for PRS implementation.
- The Medium-Term Budget Framework (MTBF) has a key role in aligning the state budget with NDS/PRS priorities; a sectoral approach is required for PRS-based budgeting.
- Current state budget largely follows a regional principle; a transitional period is needed to modify budget compilation principles and introduce MTBF-based planning fully.
- Full MTBF elaboration is targeted by 2009.
- Actions already taken include:
  - Republic of Tajikistan Government Resolution on the Introduction of the Medium-Term Budget Framework for State Spending has been adopted.
  - Regulation on the Formation and Introduction of a Medium-Term Program for State Spending has been approved.
  - Instruction on Per Capita Financing for General Education Institutions in pilot towns and regions has been issued.
- As a result, the amount of domestic budget financing for PRS sectors may be modified somewhat.

### Management of PRS implementation and monitoring
- Objectives of PRS implementation management:
  - Ensure government achieves Strategy goals
  - Mobilize internal and external resources and use them effectively
  - Involve all segments of society in poverty reduction efforts
- National Development Council (NDC):
  - Being established under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to play a leading role in PRS implementation.
  - Membership anticipated to include representatives of the government, Parliament and civil society.
  - Responsibilities:
    - Determine overall reform strategy
    - Review progress reports on PRS implementation
    - Initiate drafting of a new PRS
  - NDC Secretariat responsibilities:
    - Day-to-day coordination of public and private participants in PRS
    - Define legal status of the NDS/PRS
    - Analyze PRS implementation results
    - Prepare proposals for changes in the PRS and drafting a new PRS
    - Ensure government programmes and strategies are subordinate to and focused on the Poverty Reduction Strategy

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### Coordination and responsibilities
- The Republic of Tajikistan government will coordinate all practical activities aimed at implementation of the PRS.
- The Ministry of Finance will ensure that the Medium-Term Budget Framework and annual budgets are consistent with the goals, tasks and measures set forth in the PRS.
- Sectoral ministries, departments and local government authorities are the principal working bodies for PRS implementation within relevant sectors and regions and will be responsible for implementing relevant sections of the PRS activity matrix.
- The government will:
  - engage in constructive cooperation with donor organizations to ensure coordinated and effective use of foreign aid; and
  - foster a favourable environment to attract direct foreign investment and domestic investment.

### Legislative and parliamentary role
- Parliament is called upon to draft legislation that reflects PRS policy measures and to take PRS goals and priorities into account in review and approval of the state budget.
- Representatives of Parliament will serve on the NDC; annual government reports on PRS implementation (including anticipated inputs/outcomes up to the end of the respective/ reporting year) will be presented to Parliament together with the annual state budget.

### Civil society and local community participation
- Civil society organizations will:
  - mobilize social potential to achieve the Strategy’s goals;
  - provide social services;
  - disseminate information about the PRS among the public;
  - participate in PRS monitoring and consultative processes related to implementation;
  - ensure transparency and accountability in implementation.
- Effective cooperation and partnership between government bodies and NGOs is a key element; civil society contribution to involving local communities is particularly important.

### Monitoring and Assessment System (MAS): purpose and principles
- Purpose of the MAS:
  - track progress in achieving PRS goals;
  - identify positive experience and current problems in implementation;
  - analyze development processes within the PRS framework;
  - elaborate proposals to adjust poverty reduction policies to enhance effectiveness.
- Fundamental principles of PRS monitoring and assessment:
  - independence of the assessment process;
  - transparency and accountability;
  - focus on results and the Strategy’s priorities;
  - use of the latest monitoring methods;
  - involvement of Parliament, executive government authorities at all levels, local self-government bodies and development partners.

### Structure and components of the MAS
- Foundation: quantitatively defined Strategy goals.
- Key subsystem: data collection system for monitoring indicator values and other quantitative and qualitative socio-economic information.
- Other components:
  - a system for analysis of collected information to evaluate effectiveness and draft proposals to improve PRS policies;
  - a system for dissemination of monitoring results and collection of responses from PRS participants.
- Effective functioning of the MAS depends on institutional and financial support for monitoring and assessment processes.

### Monitoring indicators and scope
- PRS goals are interdependent, quantitatively defined, linked to the PRS time horizon, and fully incorporate the Millennium Development Goals.
- Monitoring indicators are provided in Appendix 2; "The set of indicators provided therein is subject to further revision in the Strategy implementation process."
- Four main types of monitoring indicators:
  1. input indicators (describe attraction and distribution of state budget funds and other resources for PRS implementation);
  2. output indicators (describe direct results of government agencies’ efforts to implement the PRS);
  3. outcome indicators (show how PRS activities have changed the socio-economic situation, public access to basic government services, and public satisfaction);
  4. impact indicators (reveal how people’s welfare has changed and describe directly the degree to which the Strategy goals have been met).
- Monitoring will be carried out for the country as a whole and, when possible and appropriate, with breakdowns by regions, gender and other characteristics, with special attention to especially vulnerable population segments.
- Sectoral and local government bodies may use additional indicators reflecting specific development tasks; indicators will support monitoring at national, sectoral, regional, project and programme levels.

### Surveys and complementary monitoring tools
- In addition to regular monitoring, the following surveys and tracking methods will be employed:
  - joint monitoring and assessment (e.g., using assessment forms) for local community-level information;
  - tracking of government spending (checking actual spending against approved budget);
  - tracking of services provided to determine accessibility and quality of basic services such as education, health care and water supply;
  - impact assessment for in-depth analysis of design and progress of main PRS programmes.
- These surveys will be ordered by the authorized government body responsible for monitoring problems and performed by independent research organizations and civil society organizations.
- Results of these surveys will be included in the annual report on PRS implementation.
- Measures will be taken to boost internal potential for performing and using these surveys among government agencies, independent research organizations and consulting companies.

### Data collection, periodicity and statistical capacity
- Information collection will balance completeness for management decisions and economical use of government resources; sustainability of collection processes is emphasized—only indicators and measurement methods with sufficient long-term internal funding will be included.
- Substantial improvements will be made in collecting information on household welfare and the level and nature of poverty; this information will form the basis for PRS monitoring.
- Data collection periodicity will be determined by indicator variability and policy decision needs; data will be updated at least once a year for all indicators.
- A monitoring calendar will ensure timely delivery of information needed for policy decisions and will be coordinated with the Medium-Term Budget Framework and annual budget timetables.
- Measures will be taken to reduce the time lag in presentation of indicator values (notably for the poverty rate and other poverty indicators) so decision-makers can base policies on actual data.
- The State Statistics Committee (SSC) has a central role in timely collection, processing and presentation of most indicator data; the SSC Statistical Activities Programme will be aligned with PRS needs by including measurement of needed indicators and excluding indicators for which there is no demand.
- With support from international development organizations, statistical agencies (including regional offices) will be reinforced to obtain objective, accurate and timely socio-economic information.

### Sources of monitoring data and budget information
- Ministries and departments provide sectoral and activity data, particularly for input and output indicators.
- The Ministry of Finance will provide complete and timely information on government funding for PRS development programmes, including current budget, the PIP and the CSIP; budget information will be disaggregated sufficiently to allow tracking allocation and expenditure under all PRS elements.
- Work will be done to adapt budget presentation formats and change budget classification to meet PRS monitoring and assessment needs.
- The State Committee on Investment and State Property Management, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the National Bank, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Centre for Strategic Research and other central and local bodies will provide key information on the external environment (foreign aid received, external political situation, external economic and financial conditions, environmental factors, etc.) and on implementation of sectoral PRS measures and inputs.

### Analysis, reporting and dissemination
- Analysis and assessment of monitoring information will be performed by all central executive government bodies responsible for PRS implementation within their authority, coordinated by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.
- Specialists from government, independent research organizations, NGOs and other civil society representatives will increasingly participate in analysis and proposal drafting.
- Results will be summarized in annual progress reports on PRS implementation containing problem analysis, recommendations for policy adjustments, and suggestions for disseminating positive experiences; reports should be presented in time to be fully utilized in drafting annual state budgets.
- Dissemination of monitoring and assessment results will use public information campaigns, publication of summary and sectoral/regional progress reports, public discussions, and a special Internet portal containing complete monitoring data and assessment results, including data obtained by civil society organizations.
- Feedback mechanisms will collect comments and suggestions through the Internet portal, public debate programmes (including parliamentary hearings), seminars with NGOs and other means.

### Institutional structure of MAS and roles
- The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and the public Expert Methodological Council (EMC) will be working bodies of the NDC Secretariat in monitoring and assessment.
- Principal functions of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade in monitoring and assessment:
  - establish legislative basis for legal status of the NDS/PRS;
  - organize monitoring and assessment at all management levels;
  - draft regulatory legal acts in the monitoring and assessment sphere;
  - integrate monitoring and assessment results into the scale of the entire Strategy;
  - prepare annual PRS implementation reports;
  - coordinate activities of other MAS participants;
  - maintain dialogue with development partners;
  - disseminate information on monitoring and assessment processes and results;
  - have full access to information on foreign assistance received to help PRS implementation.
- The Expert Methodological Council (EMC) will include specialists from government agencies, civil society and international organizations. EMC functions:
  - review methodological issues related to monitoring and assessment, including selection of indicators and setting target values;
  - analyze information flows into the MAS;
  - submit proposals to ensure access to collected information and eliminate duplication in collection and processing;
  - perform independent evaluations of monitoring reports prepared by ministries, departments and local government bodies;
  - bring in independent specialists and determine need for specific research as needed.
- The SSC will also provide expert support on data collection methodologies and interpretation.
- Specially identified units (monitoring and assessment divisions/analytical divisions) within specialized ministries and departments will be responsible for sectoral PRS monitoring and assessment, coordinate data collection, present integrated sectoral monitoring results, and prepare regular sectoral reports; sectoral working groups including government, independent experts and civil society representatives will be established under these bodies.
- Local government authorities will organize data collection on implementation of programmes within their jurisdiction, analyze PRS progress in their regions, prepare proposals to improve PRS policies and mechanisms, and maintain regular dialogue on monitoring results with ministries, local communities and civil society organizations.

*Source: _cr0982 - 3.  All  of  the  practical  activities  aimed  at  implementation  of  the  Strategy  will*

### 29. The participation of civil society in PRS monitoring and assessment processes will

### 29. The participation of civil society in PRS monitoring and assessment processes will

### Civil society participation and roles
- Representatives of civil society organizations will serve on the NDC, the EMC and as members of sectoral working groups in the capacity of experts and representatives of interest groups within the population.
- Local communities (jamoats) will be assigned an important role in monitoring processes by providing information about:
  - how the PRS implementation process is perceived by the population, and
  - what sort of problems at the local level require particular attention.
- The public will have access to all of the results of PRS monitoring and assessment, and suggestions and comments will be collected from citizens and public organizations on all aspects of PRS implementation policies and practices.
- Civil society organizations will be involved in conducting research on PRS problems, particularly in those areas not covered by official statistics.

### System for reporting on PRS implementation
- Reporting organization:
  - Local government authorities will provide summary reports on PRS implementation activities within their region to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and sectoral reports to specialized sectoral ministries.
  - Projects carried out under the PIP and CSIP will be reported at the same time to the State Committee on Investment and State Property Management and to specialized ministries.
  - Sectoral ministries will collate all information pertaining to their specific sector and present summary reports to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, where all information on PRS implementation will be collected.
- Procedure and format:
  - The procedure and format for the submission of reports by all participants in the MAS process, which should eliminate duplication of information submitted, will be determined by the relevant regulatory legal acts adopted in early 2007 by the agency responsible for implementation of the MAS.

### Single Monitoring and Assessment System (MAS) design and donor integration
- The PRS Monitoring and Assessment System will be a single system that obviates the need for parallel monitoring structures and eliminates duplication of information collection efforts.
- Organization of the MAS will take into account the interests of all participants in the PRS implementation process.
- Monitoring of projects supported by international donor organizations will be integrated into the overall monitoring system to:
  - increase the effectiveness of monitoring funds, and
  - strengthen the country’s MAS.

### Capacity strengthening and funding
- Capacity-building efforts:
  - Significant efforts will be made to strengthen the potential of all participants in the monitoring and assessment process.
  - This includes attracting additional donor funds for these purposes (many international organizations are already carrying out or planning technical assistance projects in this sphere).
  - An increase in government resources earmarked for monitoring needs is planned.
- Funding arrangements:
  - Funding for the monitoring system (the functioning of the SSC and monitoring and assessment units within central and regional government bodies, and the performance of the necessary surveys) will be provided in the appropriate amount through the state budget.
  - Donor funds will be allocated for investment in the human and organizational potential of the MAS.
  - Support will be provided for donor efforts to develop the potential of civil society in the monitoring and assessment sphere.

### Regulatory framework
- The MAS structure, functions and mechanism will be spelled out in the relevant regulatory act (taking into account the provisions of Decree No. 1080 of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan of 21 May 2003 “On Monitoring and Assessment of the Implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper”).

### Measures to establish an effective MAS (government and donors)
- The Republic of Tajikistan government, in conjunction with donor organizations, will undertake the following measures:
  - analysis of weaknesses in the existing system and development of a preliminary set of indicators for this PRS;
  - development of a system for the management of PRS results, including a regulatory legal base for the MAS;
  - establishment of the necessary organizational structures for monitoring that are provided for under this Strategy, within sectoral and regional government bodies;
  - enhancement of the monitoring potential of sectoral ministries (pilot projects at the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health);
  - improvement of the monitoring potential at the local level.

### Key financial and sectoral figures (as presented)
- Unmet financial need broken down by high-priority measures (excerpted figures as presented):
  - Total PRS spending 276.85.77%     10.87%
  - Sector highlights (as shown):
    - Public administration 5.050.0% 100.00%
    - Macroeconomic policy 16.820.23% 92.96%
    - Development of the agro-industrial complex and food security 28.512.63% 53.87%
    - Development of education 38.024.10% 50.27%
    - Development of the health care system 41.825.99% 79.83%
- Unmet financial need broken down by priority measures (excerpted figures as presented):
  - Total PRS spending 260.45.43%     10.23%
  - Sector highlights (as shown):
    - Improvement of the investment climate, development of the private sector and entrepreneurship 11.133.19% 63.83%
    - Development of transportation 45.57.82% 22.29%
    - Expansion of access to water, sanitation and housing and municipal services 113.663.02% 81.54%
- Confirmed financing and unmet need table excerpts (selected lines as presented):
  - Total PRS spending 4798.7; Confirmed financing columns show: Budget 239.3; PIP 1172.9; other sources 0.0; FDI 841.5; Total external financing 2253.7; Unmet need columns show: Budget 0.0; PIP 537.2; other sources 0.0; FDI 2007.9; Unmet need total 2545.0; Unmet need as a percentage of total need 11.2% 0.0% 41.8% 53.0%
  - Examples by sector (as presented):
    - Public administration: Total need 10.0; Confirmed financing Budget 0.0; PIP 5.0; Unmet need total 5.0; Unmet need as a percentage of total need 50.0%
    - Macroeconomic policy: Total need 82.9; Confirmed financing Budget 6.3; PIP 58.6; Unmet need total 18.0; Unmet need as a percentage of total need 21.8%
    - Development of communications: Total need 56.1; Confirmed financing Budget 0.0; PIP 0.0; other sources 0.0; FDI 0.0; Unmet need total 56.1; Unmet need as a percentage of total need 100.0%
    - Development of energy: Total need 1899.0; Confirmed financing Budget 123.3; PIP 365.9; other sources 0.0; FDI 498.5; Unmet need total 987.8; Unmet need as a percentage of total need 48.0%
    - Development of the educational system: Total need 157.9; Confirmed financing Budget 20.4; PIP 61.8; Unmet need total 75.7; Unmet need as a percentage of total need 47.9%
    - Science: Total need 9.3; Confirmed financing Budget 0.2; PIP 0.5; Unmet need total 8.6; Unmet need as a percentage of total need 92.5%
    - Expanded access to water, sanitation and housing and municipal services: Total need 180.2; Confirmed financing Budget 5.4; PIP 35.6; Unmet need total 139.3; Unmet need as a percentage of total need 77.3%

*Source: _cr0982 - 29. The participation of civil society in PRS monitoring and assessment processes will*

### 1.1 Establish a national system for the coordination and promotion of reforms

### 1.1 Establish a national system for the coordination and promotion of reforms

### 1.1 National system established
- National system for the coordination and promotion of reforms established

### 1.1.1 Survey of cooperation among government, business and civil society
- Survey prepared
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 10.0; 5.0; 5

### 1.1.2 National Development Council
- National Development Council formed, its role, authorities and organization of its work defined
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.1.3 Body for reforms and administrative-territorial development
- Body responsible for reforms and development established
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.1.4 Supervision of public administration restructuring
- Body responsible for reforms and development has started to supervise the public administration restructuring process on the basis of functional surveys that have been performed
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 82

### 1.1.5 Plan for coordinating functional surveys
- Plan drafted
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.1.6 Cooperation between reform body and National Development Council
- Regulatory act adopted that governs cooperation between the reform and development body and the National Development Council
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.1.7 Project approach to implementation of reforms
- Project approach to the implementation of reforms elaborated and introduced (concentration of organizational, financial and intellectual potential on addressing the most important priority problems)
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.1.8 Project management mechanisms
- Project mechanisms approved (using specific reforms as a model)
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.1.9 Analysis of the project approach
- Analysis of the effectiveness of the project approach to the implementation of reforms performed
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.1.10 Identification of reform focal points in ministries
- Persons responsible for the preparation and implementation of reforms identified
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

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### 1.2 Divide functions and responsibility between EAP RT and executive bodies

### 1.2 Overall objective
- Functions and responsibility for the adoption and execution of strategic decisions are divided between the EAP RT and executive government bodies (responsibility for the adoption and execution of strategic decisions is increased)

### 1.2.1 Structural reorganization of the EAP RT
- Structural reorganization of the EAP Republic of Tajikistan carried out
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 83

### 1.2.2 Assessment of reorganization’s effectiveness
- Assessment of the reorganization’s effectiveness performed
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.2.3 Mechanisms for coordination of priorities
- Mechanisms for the coordination of priorities at the national, sectoral and regional levels devised and implemented
- Actors: EAP
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.2.4 Link strategic decision mechanisms to budget process
- Mechanisms for the adoption and implementation of strategic decisions linked to the budget process at every level of government. Implementation of strategic decisions supported by financial resources
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.2.5 Define role/functions of the Budget Commission
- The role, functions and authorities of the Budget Commission are defined, its work is focused on achievement of development priorities coordinated at all levels
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.2.6 Strengthen the Budget Commission
- The role, functions and authorities of the Budget Commission are strengthened
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 84

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### 1.3 Enhance policy elaboration potential within ministries

### 1.3 Objective
- New structures created for the elaboration of policy within ministries and the potential of existing structures enhanced

### 1.3.1 Training in evidence-based policy making and project management
- Management personnel within ministries trained in evidence-based policy making methods, their skills in development project management improved
- Actors: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.3.2 Development management courses at universities
- Special courses/majors in development management created at leading universities
- Actors: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

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### 1.4 Develop information potential and increase IT use in policy

### 1.4 Objective
- Number of government bodies at all levels using up-to-date information technologies in the elaboration and implementation of government policies

### 1.4.1 Determine basic information needs
- Report submitted and practical recommendations presented
- Actors: RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.4.2 Strategy for development of information potential
- Strategy adopted (includes management of information technology systems, evidence-based policy making and monitoring)
- Actors: RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 1.4.3 Methods for data collection, electronic database and analytical instruments
- Work plan implemented to approve methods for the collection and processing of data, create an electronic data base and devise and introduce analytical instruments in key policy (development) areas
- Actors: RTG; ITC/SECO involvement noted
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 85

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### 2. Improvement of the public administration system in accordance with market economy principles

### 2.1 Reduce government interference in economic activity

### 2.1 Objective
- Number of government supervisory bodies eliminated and number of inspections conducted in a year

### 2.1.1 Functional surveys of all ministries and departments
- Report and practical recommendations presented (identify duplicated and superfluous functions; prepare timetable for revision; specify conceptual structure for organization of government bodies; amend regulatory legal acts)
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.1.2 Implement recommendations from functional surveys
- Relevant decision adopted (adopt measures, draft/adopt regulations on cooperation between ministries and supervised organizations, retain ministries’ policy-making and control functions)
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Indicator referenced: Number of different activities subject to licensing

### 2.1.3 Timetable for organizational separation of ministries from state enterprises not included in privatization programme
- Timetable prepared and approved
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Indicator referenced: Number of state enterprises privatized

### 2.1.4 Implement separation plans
- Relevant decision adopted to implement plans to separate ministries from state enterprises not included in the privatization programme
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.1.5 Survey of non-profit organizations under ministries’ jurisdiction
- Report and practical recommendations presented; programme for restructuring and/or privatization prepared
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.1.6 Pilot privatization/restructuring of non-profit entities
- Work plan carried out
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 86

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### 2.2 Normalize government regulatory functions

### 2.2 Objective
- Proportion of regulatory legal acts adopted using elements of the analysis of the economic consequences of government regulation

### 2.2.1 Legislative base for control and supervisory functions
- Relevant legislative acts adopted (focus on inspection procedures, impartiality and protection of economic rights of the private sector)
- Actors: EAP, RTG; IFC/SECO involvement noted
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.2 Procedures for analysis of economic consequences of regulation
- Relevant legislative acts adopted; adhere to procedures and mandatory expert assessment of newly established functions in drafting laws, extending norms to all levels of government and local self-government
- Actors: EAP, RTG; IFC/SECO involvement noted
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.3 Restructure supervisory bodies
- Relevant decisions adopted to restructure supervisory bodies at all levels in accordance with new legislation
- Actors: EAP, RTG; IFC/SECO involvement noted
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.4 Survey of development of administrative justice
- Report and practical recommendations presented (in accordance with the code on administrative procedures that has been drafted)
- Actors: RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.5 Programme for development of administrative justice
- Programme drafted and being implemented
- Actors: RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.6 Survey of regulatory legal controls on administrative procedures
- Report and practical recommendations presented on administrative procedures in performance and interaction of executive government bodies and local subdivisions
- Actors: RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 87

### 2.2.7 Adopt regulatory legal acts governing administrative procedures
- Relevant regulatory legal acts adopted
- Actors: RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.8 Revise functions of state property management body
- Relevant decision adopted to concentrate main state property management functions within that body
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.9 Implement Strategic Plan for Privatization of Large and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- Strategic Plan implemented
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.10 Analyze results of the Privatization Plan
- Report and practical recommendations presented
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.11 Eliminate regional interference in economic activities
- Relevant decision adopted: measures of a legal nature aimed at eliminating interference by regional government bodies in the economic activities of organizations, particularly in agriculture
- Actors: RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 2.2.12 Analyze post-measure situation
- Report and practical recommendations presented following implementation of relevant measures
- Actors: RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 88

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### 3. Make more effective use of government finances

### 3.1 Strengthen connection between the budget and development

### 3.1 Objective
- Preparation of projected budget indicators is based on long-range plans

### 3.1.1 Survey of consequences of dividing the budget
- Survey prepared (consequences of dividing the state budget into a current spending budget and development budget)
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 89

### 3.1.2 Divide the budget
- Regulatory and other instructive materials prepared and introduced
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 3.1.3 Mandatory analysis of financial consequences of political decisions
- Provisions concerning the need for expert findings regarding financial consequences are included in the operating regulations for government agencies
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 3.1.4 Integrate instruments for planning socio-economic development
- The functions and analytical potential of the MEDT for forecasting are strengthened
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 3.1.5 Evaluate effectiveness of new mechanism
- Evaluation performed
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 3.1.6 Instruction on project management for investment programmes
- Instruction drafted and adopted on project management for investment programmes using project management methods
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 3.1.7 Apply project management regulations to all investment programmes
- Regulations drafted and implemented
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 3.1.8 Pilot projects to rationalize dual subordination of local finance departments
- Harmonization of the interests of central and local executive government authorities
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H
- Page indicator present: 90

### 3.1.9 Introduce new accountability system for local finance departments
- Increase in the financial responsibility of the agency to which a finance department (treasury office) reports
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 3.1.10 Link budget expenditure to outcome-based measures on a pilot basis
- Execution of the expenditure side of the budget rationalized as a result of a change in the budget planning system (pilot linking to per capita funding in education and health care)
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

### 3.1.11 Full rollout of outcome-based budget link by end-2015
- Execution of the expenditure side of the budget rationalized as a result of a change in the budget planning system; link to outcome-based measures for education and health care at all levels of government, taking into account the new allocation of authorities in this area (implementation in full before the end of 2015)
- Actors: EAP, RTG
- Numeric/status entries: 0; H

*Source: _cr0982 - 1.1 Establish a national system for the coordination and promotion of reforms*

### 3.2                   Determine

### 3.2 Determine responsibility for financial functions

### Increase in the responsibility and independence of ministries in terms of financial functions
- Goal: Increase in the responsibility and independence of ministries in terms of financial functions.

### 3.2.1 Redistribute functions among ministries in the economic block and link strategies and investment programmes to the budget process
- Expected outcome: Strategies and investment programmes linked to the budget process, functions redistributed among ministries
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 3.2.2 Assign the Ministry of Finance responsibility for determining the funding package and ensuring that strategies and programmes are linked to the budget
- Expected outcome: Medium-Term Budget Framework introduced
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 3.2.3 Take extrabudgetary revenues and expenditures into account in the budget, with the exception of social extrabudgetary funds
- Expected outcome: Increase in budget revenues
- Responsible: RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 3.3 Improve financial decision-making processes at ministries

### Objective
- Financial decisions at ministries take into account an assessment of the financial consequences; more effective use of budget resources by ministries

### 3.3.1 Optimize the functions of ministries with regard to monitoring special funds, and increase the responsibility of ministries for the results of budget execution
- Expected outcome: Relevant decision adopted
- Responsible: RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 3.4 Introduce the performance audit concept, which would be conducted on the basis of objectives

### Objective
- The practice of performance auditing is introduced at ministries and departments; ministries and other government bodies have greater responsibility for the outcome of decisions that are made

### 3.4.1 Assign ministries functions involving internal performance auditing and assign responsibility for its performance to specific subdivisions and officials
- Expected outcome: Ministries are assigned functions involving internal performance auditing and specific subdivisions and officials are assigned responsibility for its performance
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 3.4.2 Perform an analysis of internal performance audits
- Expected outcome: The analysis performed has made it possible to assess subsequent decisions for adoption
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 3.5 Build up the potential of government bodies to perform internal and external financial audits

### Objective
- Structures have been established within government agencies to perform internal and external financial audits, and the potential of existing structures has been strengthened

### 3.5.1 Prepare an action plan to increase the effectiveness of internal and external auditing and launch its implementation
- Expected outcome: Plan prepared and its implementation launched
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 3.5.2 Implement the plan to improve the system of external and internal financial auditing of the public sector
- Expected outcome: Plan implemented
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 3.6 Increase the effectiveness of the public procurement system

### Objective
- The public procurement system operates in accordance with international requirements

### 3.6.1 Pursuant to the new law on public procurement, draft, adopt and implement sublegal acts on public procurement that are consistent with international requirements
- Expected outcomes:
  - Sublegal acts adopted.
  - Procurement system is more transparent.
  - Improvements in competitive environment
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 3.7 Increase the effectiveness of the distribution of revenue sources among various levels of government

### Objective
- Revenues are distributed among different levels of government taking into account the assignment of functions among them

### 3.7.1 Rationalize the mechanism for the distribution of revenue sources taking into account the assignment of functions among various levels of government
- Responsible: RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 3.7.2 Introduce a mechanism for the distribution of revenue sources taking into account the assignment of functions among various levels of government
- Expected outcomes:
  - Financial authorities strengthened
  - Financial independence of local government authorities increased
- Responsible: RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 4 Creation of a modern professional civil service

### 4.1 Improve the process for the collection and processing of data and devise mechanisms for the effective determination of the wage scale (linked to responsibilities and the nature of work performed)
- Objective: A mechanism for the effective determination of the wage scale, automation of the process for the collection and processing of data on civil service employees

### 4.1.1 Create a registry and data base of civil service employees
- Expected outcome: A functioning register and data base of civil service employees
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.1.2 Establish an effective personnel management system within government agencies, including the central administration and regional government bodies
- Expected outcomes:
  - The functions of personnel and human resources departments at all government agencies revamped.
  - A personnel registry and a professional development and continuing education system for employees established
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 4.2 Make the civil service more attractive as an employer in the labour market

### Objective
- Increase the number of personnel recruited to join the civil service

### 4.2.1 Implement a short-term programme for the full-scale reform of wages paid to civil service employees, taking into account experience from pilot programmes
- Expected outcome: Wage reform for civil service employees implemented so as to create incentives for professional development and career advancement
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.2.2 Monetize all types of payments
- Expected outcome: Payments fully monetized
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.2.3 Establish an incentive system, with funding to help the Government retain/attract qualified specialists from high-tech fields (lawyers, accountants, information technology specialists)
- Expected outcomes:
  - The number of qualified personnel participating in competitions to fill vacant civil service positions increased.
  - The number of qualified specialists leaving the civil service for other employment reduced
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.2.4 Devise and approve a strategy for reform of the wage system for public employees
- Expected outcome: A strategy for reform of the wage system for public employees approved
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.2.5 Implement the strategy for reform of the wage system for public employees
- Expected outcome: Strategy for reform of the wage system for public employees implemented
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 4.3 Develop key human resources management skills in the civil service system

### Objective
- Proportion of civil service employees with mastery of (trained in) new management principles; Proportion of civil service employees who have raised their qualifications through the Civil Service Administration Professional Development Institute (PDI)

### 4.3.1 Develop and strengthen the potential of the Civil Service Professional Development Institute
- Expected outcome: PDI provided with an up-to-date material and technical base, PDI employees fully trained in and utilizing key skills
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.2 Train civil service employees in new management principles, develop the relevant training courses for all categories of civil service employees
- Expected outcomes:
  - Relevant training courses developed
  - Civil service employees at all government bodies trained in new management principles
  - Proportion of civil service employees who have received gender training
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA, OSCE
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.3 Prepare, regularly update and ensure implementation of a plan for the professional development of civil service employees as part of the annual process of compiling budget requests at every ministry, department, local government body and self-government body
- Expected outcome: Existence of a plan for the professional development of civil service employees
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.4 Devise an economical and open mechanism for the selection of applicants and for funding studies by students from the Republic of Tajikistan at foreign higher education institutions, including the development of the requisite legal and organizational base
- Expected outcome: Existence of regulatory acts, an organizational base and mechanisms for the selection and funding of studies by students from the Republic of Tajikistan at foreign higher education institutions
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.5 Launch the mechanism for the funding of studies
- Expected outcome: Number of students whose studies are being funded using the mechanisms that have been developed
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.6 Devise and introduce new market-oriented human resources management mechanisms in civil service
- Expected outcome: Existence of a simplified, transparent mechanism for human resources management
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.7 Introduce a new mandatory procedure for holding open competitions to fill civil service vacancies
- Expected outcomes:
  - Number of vacancies filled following the new procedure.
  - Civil service positions filled by qualified personnel
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.8 Develop a new system for evaluating the performance/ certification of civil service employees
- Expected outcome: New evaluation (certification) system
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.9 Improve mechanisms for the organization of personnel reserves
- Expected outcome: Number of civil service employees placed in the personnel reserve on the basis of new mechanisms
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.3.10 Devise a Programme and Conceptual Framework for the Development of the Civil Service in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007-2015
- Expected outcome: Conceptual Framework and corresponding Programme for the Development of the Civil Service in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007-2015 adopted and being implemented
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 4.4 Separate political and administrative positions

### Objective
- Stabilization of the personnel makeup of administrative civil service employees and an increase in their professionalism

### 4.4.1 Draft relevant regulatory legal acts based on the Law on the Civil Service
- Expected outcome: A new Law on the Civil Service and relevant regulatory legal acts adopted and being implemented
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.4.2 Strengthen control functions (monitoring and assessment) with regard to development of the civil service
- Expected outcome: A regulatory act on the transfer of control functions drafted and adopted
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.4.3 Transfer all necessary authorities with regard to the development of the civil service to the Civil Service Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and concentrate these authorities within the CSA
- Expected outcome: A regulatory act on the transfer of the necessary authorities to the CSA drafted and adopted
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 4.5 Increase motivation and transparency of activities by civil service employees

### Objective
- Level of corruption among civil service employees at all levels of government

### 4.5.1 Improve the Code of Ethics for Civil Service Employees and the regulations for the resolution of conflicts of interest
- Expected outcome: A new Code of Ethics for Civil Service Employees and regulations for the resolution of conflicts of interest drafted and adopted
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.5.2 Enforce the Instruction on the Resolution of Conflicts of Interest, establish commissions to deal with professional ethics issues
- Expected outcome: The Instruction on the Resolution of Conflicts of Interest enforced, commissions to deal with professional ethics issues established
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.5.3 Strengthen institutional mechanisms for combating corruption at all levels of government and local self-government
- Expected outcomes:
  - Regulatory act on the strengthening of institutional mechanisms for combating corruption adopted.
  - Level of corruption at all levels of government and local self-government (indicator)
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, Office of the Prosecutor General, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 4.5.4 Draft and introduce legislation on access to information about the activities of government agencies and local self-government bodies
- Expected outcome: A regulatory act on access to information drafted and adopted. Access to information about the activities of government agencies and local self-government bodies ensured
- Responsible: EAP, RTG, CSA
- Status/indicators: 0, H

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### 5 Elaboration of issues involving administrative and territorial management

### 5.1 Optimize the system of local government by granting the relevant authorities to local government
- Objective: Expansion of the competence of the local government system by granting authorities in accordance with the classification of functions for each level of local government

### 5.1.1 Conduct a functional survey at all levels of local government to identify redundancies and define new functions (coordinate local functional surveys with functional surveys at ministries)
- Expected outcome: Functional survey performed
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 5.1.2 Begin the implementation of recommendations from the functional survey of all levels of local government and local self-government for a clear definition of functions
- Expected outcome: Functions of local government expanded and clearly defined
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 5.1.3 Develop a classification of functions for each level of local government
- Expected outcome: Classification of functions developed
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 5.1.4 Hold regular consultations with ministries and representatives of local government and local self-government
- Expected outcome: Consultations held regularly (harmonization of interests of various levels of government, improvement in the quality of government services provided)
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 5.1.5 Perform a survey of the current legislation to identify amendments needed in accordance with the functional survey recommendations
- Expected outcome: Survey of the current legislation performed, amendments made in accordance with the functional survey recommendations
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 5.1.6 Make the necessary amendments to current legislative acts pertaining to functional responsibilities and authorities
- Expected outcome: Necessary amendments made to current legislative acts. Scope of functional responsibilities and authorities of local government and local self-government bodies expanded
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

### 5.1.7 Transfer functions to each level of local government in accordance with the principle of subsidiary responsibility
- Expected outcome: Functions transferred
- Responsible: EAP, RTG
- Status/indicators: 0, H

*Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2009/_cr0982.pdf*

### 5.2 Improve the quality of services provided, especially in the social sector

### 5.2 Improve the quality of services provided, especially in the social sector

### Planned actions and expected outputs
- 5.2.1 Perform reorganization of the service delivery system on a pilot basis at the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW)
  - Outcome: Reorganization of the service delivery system at the MLSW (reduction in unemployment and arrears on pensions and benefits)
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.2 Undertake necessary measures to expand the experience of the MLSW to other pilot ministries and departments
  - Outcome: The experience of the MLSW expanded to other pilot ministries and departments
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.3 Streamline and update the system for the subordination of units responsible for providing services at the local level
  - Outcome: Quality of services delivered at the local level improved
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.4 Streamline and optimize the system for providing services to the public taking into account the new division of authorities among various levels of government and local self-government
  - Outcome: Relevant action plan implemented
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.5 Develop a uniform register of public services
  - Outcome: Register developed
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.6 Within the framework of increasing information potential, draft and approve mandatory lists of information on the activities of government authorities, to which the public has free access
  - Outcome: Mandatory lists approved
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.7 Develop a list of information freely available on the Internet
  - Outcome: List approved
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.8 Introduce monitoring and dissemination of best practices
  - Outcome: Relevant action plan implemented
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.9 Draft and adopt a programme to develop mechanisms for the out-of-court settlement of disputes between government authorities and consumers of services, and well as entities subject to supervision
  - Outcome: Programme approved
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.2.10 Introduce on a pilot basis a system for the out-of-court settlement of disputes
  - Outcome: System being implemented
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H

- Total: 10.00 0.00 5.00 0.00 5.00

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### 5.3 Bring order to administrative and territorial division

### Planned actions and expected outputs
- 5.3.1 Create a structure for administrative and territorial development within the EAP
  - Outcome: Relevant structure created
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.3.2 Perform a survey of administrative and territorial division
  - Outcome: Survey presented
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.3.3 Develop objective criteria for administrative and territorial division, together with the functional responsibilities of local government
  - Outcome: Criteria developed
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.3.4 Prepare and adopt a new draft law on administrative and territorial division
  - Outcome: Law adopted
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 5.3.5 Consider expansion of the level of local self-government following adoption of the draft law on administrative and territorial division
  - Outcome: Relevant decision adopted
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H

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### 6 Develop the local self-government system

### 6.1 Strengthen the role of the level of government closest to the population
- 6.1.1 Prepare a new draft law on local self- government and hold consultations on the draft law, which will define functions, finances and ownership rights
  - Outcome: Draft law prepared
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; SDC; H
- 6.1.2 Implement the new Republic of Tajikistan Law on Local Self-Government
  - Outcome: Law being implemented
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; SDC; H
- 6.1.3 Perform monitoring of its implementation
  - Outcome: Monitoring being performed
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; SDC; H

### 6.2 Develop the potential of local self-government
- Indicator: Number of employees of local self-government bodies who have received training
- 6.2.1 Develop a national programme to increase the potential of jamoats in a self-government environment
  - Outcome: Programme developed
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 6.2.2 Develop and implement a national programme to strengthen the potential of local self-government
  - Outcome: National programme developed and being implemented
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; SDC; H
- 6.2.3 Support an initiative to establish local self-government associations
  - Outcome: Relevant decision adopted
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; SDC; H

### 6.3 Revise functions and authorities of local self-government
- 6.3.1 Define the functions and authorities of local self-government for the initial phase of the development of local self-government
  - Outcome: Functions and authorities defined
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 6.3.2 Define and transfer new functions and authorities to local self-government within the framework of structural reforms being carried out
  - Outcome: New functions and authorities transferred
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H

### 6.4 Devise a new system for financing local self-government bodies
- 6.4.1 Devise a new system for the financing of local self-government, including local taxes and fees, property income, as well as a formula for government transfers
  - Outcome: Financing system devised
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 6.4.2 Conduct a survey of the current legislation and prepare the amendments necessary for the introduction of a new system for financing the functions of local self-government in jamoats
  - Outcome: Report and practical recommendations presented
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 6.4.3 Make the amendments necessary for the introduction of a new system for financing the functions of local self-government
  - Outcome: Relevant decision adopted
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H
- 6.4.4 Introduce the new system for the financing of local self-government
  - Outcome: Financing system introduced
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H

### 6.5 Grant local self-government bodies the right to own property
- 6.5.1 In addition to the transfer of functions to jamoats, conduct an inventory of property in jamoats and transfer to them the necessary property
  - Outcome: Inventory performed, property owners identified
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; H

### 6.6 Expand the role of civil society in resolving issues of local significance
- 6.6.1 Devise and implement a national programme to strengthen the role of civil society in addressing local self-government issues
  - Outcome: Programme developed and being implemented
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; SDC; H
- 6.6.2 Establish a legislative base for volunteer organizations (such as makhalla, etc.)
  - Outcome: Relevant draft laws prepared
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG
  - Financing/status: 0; SDC; H

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### 2. Macroeconomic policy — Maintenance of macro-economic stability (selected measures and targets)

### Objective and target indicators
- Budget deficit equal to no more than 1% of GDP (not including PIP)
- An average annual inflation rate of 6%
- Tax receipts equal to 18.5% of GDP

### 1. Improvement of fiscal policy — Selected measures, outputs, responsibilities, and financing
- 1.1 Phase in the Medium-Term Budget Framework (MTBF) and make amendments and additions to the relevant regulatory legal acts
  - Outcome: MTBF introduced in education and health care; amendments made to legal acts
  - Responsible: MOF
  - Financing: 0.5; WB; DFID; H
- 1.2 Improve the public investment management process: link the process used in the formation of the PIP and CSIP to the state budget compilation and MTBF process and PRS priorities. Consider ways to integrate the PIP and CSIP; include the PIP (external financing) in the expenditure side of the budget
  - Outcome: Analysis performed and link established
  - Responsible: MOF, MEDT
  - Financing: 0.3; WB, DFID; H
- 1.3 Restructure the budget process in the education sector and make the MOE responsible for formulation of the sector’s budget within the limits established by the MOF
  - Outcome: The 2008 education budget is managed by the MOE in accordance with PRS priorities
  - Responsible: MOF, MOE
  - Financing: 0.05; WB; DFID; H
- 1.4 Develop a spending plan for the education sector within the limits established for the sector
  - Outcome: Plan developed
  - Responsible: MOE, MOF
  - Financing: 0.01; WB; DFID; H
- 1.5 Create an education sector working group (WG) for the preparation of medium-range sectoral spending plans
  - Outcome: WG is functioning
  - Responsible: MOE, MOF
  - Financing: 0.01; WB; DFID; H
- 1.6 Restructure the budget process in the health care sector and make the MOH responsible for formulation of the sector’s budget within the limits established by the MOF
  - Outcome: The 2008 health care budget is managed by the MOH in accordance with PRS priorities
  - Responsible: MOF, MOH
  - Financing: 0.05; WB; DFID; H
- 1.7 Develop a spending plan for the health care sector within the limits established for the sector
  - Outcome: Plan developed
  - Responsible: MOH, MOF
  - Financing: 0.01; WB; DFID; H
- 1.8 Create a health care sector WG for the preparation of medium-range sectoral spending plans
  - Outcome: WG is functioning
  - Responsible: MOH, MOF
  - Financing: 0.01; WB; DFID; H
- 1.9 Determine medium-range sectoral limits for all sectors
  - Outcome: The 2008-2009 budget prepared in light of sectoral limits
  - Responsible: MOF, other bodies
  - Financing: 0.06; WB; DFID; P
- 1.10 Carry out wage reform for public employees
  - Outcome: Relevant regulatory act adopted
  - Responsible: MLSW, MOF, MOE, MOH
  - Financing: 0.1; WB, ABD, USAID
- 1.11 Introduce into practice a mechanism for the analysis and accounting of budget costs from tax and customs concessions being granted
  - Outcome: New accounting system introduced
  - Responsible: MOF, TC, CS, MEDT
  - Financing: 0.04; H
- 1.12 Perform an assessment of governing spending and the financial reporting system (PFA)
  - Outcome: Assessment prepared
  - Responsible: MOF, ACEC
  - Financing: 0.17; WB/SECO
- 1.13 Carry out reform of state purchasing and institutional management
  - Outcome: Tender documentation and guidelines adopted
  - Responsible: MEDT
  - Financing: 0.22; WB
- 1.14 Draft and begin implementation of a Strategy for State Internal Financial Control
  - Outcome: Strategy drafted
  - Responsible: MOF, other bodies
  - Financing: 0.3; EC; H
- 1.15 Approve and implement an institutional development plan for the ACEC
  - Outcome: First phase of plan implemented
  - Responsible: ACEC
  - Financing: 0.5; WB; H
- 1.16 Devise a strategy to ensure a safe level of public debt for Tajikistan
  - Outcome: Strategy devised
  - Responsible: MOF, MEDT, NBT
  - Financing: 0.05; H
- 1.17 Implement an external debt management project
  - Outcome: External debt management procedures strengthened
  - Responsible: MOF
  - Financing: 0.6; SECO
- 1.18 Improve the coordination of foreign aid and management of the borrowing portfolio
  - Outcome: Foreign aid coordination procedures strengthened
  - Responsible: SCI, other bodies
  - Financing: 0.625 0.125 0.5; ADB
- 1.19 Carry out the recapitalization of nonperforming credits issued to publicly-owned enterprises
  - Outcome: Mechanism devised and regulatory act adopted
  - Responsible: NBT, MOF
  - Financing: 0.02; P
- 1.20 Perform an analysis of existing tax concessions and preferences with the aim of ensuring fiscal sustainability and stimulating the private sector
  - Outcome: Analysis performed and practical recommendations prepared
  - Responsible: MOF, TC, CS, SCI
  - Financing: 0.01; H
- 1.21 Perform an analysis of the number of taxes and the tax collection mechanism from the standpoint of optimizing expenditures on their administration
  - Outcome: Analysis performed and practical recommendations prepared
  - Responsible: MOF, TC, CS
  - Financing/status: 0
- 1.22 Develop and introduce a depreciation policy that provides for the renewal of fixed capital of publicly-owned enterprises
  - Outcome: Regulatory act adopted; depreciation fund resources accumulated
  - Responsible: MOF, TC, SCI, MEDT
  - Financing: 0.02; P
- 1.23 Modernize tax administration
  - Outcome: Tax receipts as a proportion of total revenues increased by 5%
  - Responsible: TC
  - Financing: 9.35 0.85 8.5; ADB
- 1.24 Accelerate the introduction of computer systems at tax authorities, focusing special attention on the dissemination of systems for the registration and enrolment of taxpayers
  - Outcome: System introduced; number of registered taxpayers increased
  - Responsible: TC, local government authorities, other bodies
  - Financing: 0.05; P
- 1.25 Perform an analysis of internal inspection and auditing systems of tax authorities, improve the regulatory legal base
  - Outcome: Analysis performed and practical recommendations prepared
  - Responsible: TC, MOF
  - Financing: 0.06; P
- 1.26 Consider the feasibility of granting customs concessions on the importation of equipment for the establishment of a payment card infrastructure
  - Outcome: Regulatory acts on lowering rates adopted
  - Responsible: NBT, MOF, SCI
  - Financing: 0.01; P
- 1.27 Implement a project to modernize the MOF Treasury
  - Outcome: Treasury modernized
  - Responsible: MOF
  - Financing: 2.2 0.2 2; WB
- 1.28 Implement a project to modernize the government finance management system
  - Outcome: Necessary measures implemented
  - Responsible: MOF
  - Financing: 4 0 0 4; WB; H

### 2. Improvement of monetary policy — Selected measure
- 2.1 Restructure the debt of the RTG to the NBT in the form of long-term MOF bonds to reflect market terms
  - Outcome: The rate of long-term MOF bonds brought up to the market level
  - Responsible: NBT, MOF
  - Financing: 0.02; IMF/SECO; P

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### 2.2 Strengthen the Tojkord National Processing Centre systems

### _cr0982 - 2.2 Strengthen the Tojkord National Processing Centre systems

### Expansion of services offered in various regions of the country
- NBT: budget line 0.5; implementation status unspecified.
- Action: Introduce a single system for electronic trading in foreign exchange in the interbank currency market.
  - Indicator: Daily trading sessions held.
  - NBT: 0.2; priority/status: P.
- Action: Develop and promote projects to attract foreign investment in the credit sector.
  - Indicator: Number of investment projects prepared; meeting held with donors.
  - Responsible: NBT, SCI.
  - Budget: 0.05; status: H.

### Interbank and banking market reforms, prudential and supervisory strengthening
- 2.5 Improve the regulatory base for operation of the interbank lending market.
  - Indicator: Relevant regulatory acts adopted.
  - NBT: 0.04; status: H.
- 2.6 Analyse and prepare proposals to expand long-term lending by banks to SMEs.
  - Indicator: Analysis performed and practical recommendations prepared.
  - Responsible: NBT, SCI.
  - Budget: 0.02; co-financiers: EBRD/IFC/SECO; status: P.
- 2.7 Introduce international internal auditing standards into banking practice and prepare audit reports in accordance with these standards.
  - Indicator: Banking supervision requirements fulfilled.
  - NBT: 0.1; co-financiers: EBRD/IFC/SECO; status: P.
- 2.8 Ensure transparency in the operation of lending institutions through improved reporting requirements.
  - Indicator: Percentage increase in deposits.
  - NBT: 0.05; status: P.
- 2.9 Simplify the system for issuing licenses to financial institutions; raise the minimum capital requirement.
  - Indicator: Percentage increase in the proportion of foreign capital in the banking sector and foreign investment.
  - NBT: 0.01; status: P.
- 2.10 Simplify the procedure for issuing licenses to micro-finance institutions.
  - Indicator: Percentage increase in the number of micro-finance institutions.
  - NBT: 0.01; status: P.
- 2.11 Develop micro-financial institutions.
  - Indicator: Percentage of credits issued to small and medium-sized businesses.
  - Responsible: NBT, MEDT.
  - Indicator value: 9.4; co-financier: KfW; additional fund lines: 0 and 9.4; other donors: EBRD/SECO.
- 2.12 Bring prudential requirements into line with international standards (Basel-1).
  - Indicator: Regulatory legal acts on banking supervision adopted.
  - NBT: 0.05; co-financiers: EBRD/SECO; status: H.

### Micro-finance projects (access to micro-credits)
- 2.13 Implement a project to develop micro-financing systems.
  - Indicator: Easier access to micro-credits.
  - NBT: 7.947 (total); disaggregated: 1.478 and 6.469.
  - Donor: ADB; other donor budget lines: 0.
- 2.14 Implement a micro-financing project in Tajikistan.
  - Indicator: Easier access to micro-credits.
  - NBT: 0.44 total; disaggregated: 0.04 and 0.4.
  - Donor: IDB; other donor budget lines: 0.
- 2.15 Implement a project to provide micro-loans to small businesses.
  - Indicator: Easier access to micro-credits.
  - NBT: 2.622 total; disaggregated: 0 and 2.622; status: H.

### Legal and regulatory framework (banking, investment, registration, anti-money laundering)
- 3.16 Modernize customs authorities and develop infrastructure, phases 1, 2 and 3.
  - Indicator: Effective operation of customs posts.
  - Responsible: CS, MEDT.
  - Total budget: 28.496; disaggregated: 2.618 and 25.878.
  - Donor: ADB (25.578).
- 3.17 Draft and adopt laws on credit histories, on mortgage lending, on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
  - Indicator: Laws adopted.
  - Responsible: NBT, MOF, MEDT, MOJ.
  - Budget: 0.1 total; disaggregated: 0.05 and 0.05.
  - Co-financiers: IFC/SECO; status: P.
- 3.18 Draft and adopt a law on investments (new version).
  - Indicator: Law adopted.
  - Responsible: SCI, MOF, MOJ.
  - Budget: 0.05 total; disaggregated: 0.01 and 0.04; status: P.
- 3.19 Draft and adopt laws on joint-stock companies (new version) and on state registration of real estate and real estate transactions.
  - Indicator: Laws adopted.
  - Responsible: MOJ, MOF, MEDT.
  - Budget: 0.1 total; disaggregated: 0.05 and 0.05; status: P.
- 3.20 Amend the Law on Banks and Banking and the Law on Guarantees for Personal Deposits and relevant procedural codes.
  - Indicator: Relevant amendments made to the current legislation.
  - Responsible: NBT, MOF, TC, MEDT, MOJ.
  - Budget: 0.1 total; disaggregated: 0.05 and 0.05.
  - Co-financiers: EBRD/IFC/SECO; status: H.

### Implementation of institutional reforms (macroeconomic policy, monitoring, statistics, capacity building)
- Objective: Regulatory legal acts aimed at the implementation of coordinated macroeconomic policy adopted.
- 3.1 Functional survey of government structures and the NBT responsible for macroeconomic policy.
  - Indicator: Functional survey conducted and practical recommendations prepared.
  - EAP: 0.5; WB co-financer; status: H.
- 3.2 Revise existing programmes, frameworks and plans to align with NDS/PRS norms.
  - Indicator: Practical recommendations prepared and being implemented.
  - RTG: 1; status: H.
- 3.3 Analysis of regulatory legal base and institutional survey to integrate NDS and PRS.
  - Indicator: Analysis performed and relevant amendments made to regulatory legal acts.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MOF, MOJ.
  - Budget: 0.3; donors: WB, DFID; status: H.
- 3.4 Account for all PRS financial resources including foreign aid.
  - Indicator: Volume of internal and external funds used for the PRS within sectors.
  - Responsible: EAP, SCI, other bodies.
  - Budget: 0.2; status: H.
- 3.5 Annual assessment of expenditures (including foreign aid) and results from PRS measures.
  - Indicator: Assessment performed; recommendations prepared and implemented.
  - Responsible: EAP, RTG, SCI, MEDT.
  - Budget: 0.3; status: H.
- 3.6 Estimate financial resources (broken down by source) needed for NDS measures.
  - Indicator: Financial expenditures needed for the implementation of NDS measures determined.
  - Responsible: MOF, MEDT, SCI.
  - Budget: 1; co-financiers: ADB, DFID; status: H.
- 3.7 Establish central monitoring and assessment structure for NDS/PRS.
  - Indicator: Structure established; regulatory legal base created; coordination ensured; reports prepared.
  - EAP: 0.1; status: H.
- 3.8 Establish sectoral and regional monitoring and assessment structures.
  - Indicator: Structures established; coordination arranged; reports prepared.
  - Responsible: EAP, MEDT, MOF, other bodies.
  - Budget: 1; donors: ADB, DFID; status: H.
- 3.9 Strengthen national statistics: poverty and employment statistics and SNA.
  - Indicators: Standard of living survey; employment survey; improved methodology for SNA including GDP calculation.
  - Responsible: SSC, MEDT.
  - Total budget: 4.395; disaggregated: 0.792 and 3.603.
  - Donors: IDA (0.838); DFID, SIDA (2.765); status: H.
  - 3.9.1 Improve institutional and legislative basis for national statistics system.
    - Indicator: Relevant regulatory acts adopted.
    - Responsible: SSC, MEDT; budget lines: 0.
  - 3.9.2 Upgrade statistics infrastructure; uniform questionnaires.
    - Indicator: New system of surveys introduced into practice.
    - Responsible: SSC, MEDT; budget lines: 0.
  - 3.9.3 Increase personnel potential of national statistics system.
    - Indicator: Percentage of employees in the statistics system who have received training.
    - Responsible: SSC; budget lines: 0.
  - 3.9.4 Restore printing facilities of the SSC.
    - Indicator: Printing facilities restored.
    - SSC: 0.6; disaggregated: 0 and 0.6; status: H.
  - 3.9.5 Develop methodology for measuring the unobserved economy.
    - Indicator: Methods developed and proposed.
    - SSC: 0.091; disaggregated: 0 and 0.091; status: H.
  - 3.9.6 Strengthen reporting potential in the public sector.
    - Indicator: Additional reporting measures introduced.
    - SSC: 0.295; disaggregated: 0 and 0.295; donor: Government of Japan; donor budget: 0.
- 3.10 Improve the macroeconomic forecasting system.
  - Indicator: System of indicators created and optimized; socio-economic forecasts developed.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MOF, NBT, SSC.
  - Budget: 0.25 total; disaggregated: 0.01 and 0; reported consolidated: 0.24; donor: EC; status: H.
- 3.11 Increase capacity of government structures responsible for macroeconomic policy.
  - Indicator: Percentage of specialists who have received training.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MOF, TC, CS, NBT.
  - Budget: 0.745 total; disaggregated training: 0 and 0.455.
  - Donors: IDA (0.21), IDB (0.245); consolidated donor contribution: 0.29; donors: SDC/SECO; status: H.
- 3.12 Training in sectoral management principle for government spending.
  - Indicator: Budgeting potential created in sectors.
  - Responsible: MOF.
  - Budget: 0.3; status: H.
- 3.13 Increase capacity of purchasing organizations.
  - Indicator: Percentage of specialists at purchasing organizations who have received training.
  - Responsible: MEDT.
  - Budget: 0.1; donor: WB; status: H.
- 3.14 Strengthen inspection capacity of major taxpayers.
  - Indicator: Percentage of inspection employees who have received training.
  - Responsible: TC, MOF.
  - Budget: 0.1; status: H.
- 3.15 Promote a project to increase potential of the Interbank Training Centre.
  - Indicator: Percentage of ITC employees who have taken professional development courses.
  - NBT: 2; status: H.

### Institutional reforms — totals and investment climate actions
- Reported total for the institutional reforms section: 82.906; disaggregated: 6.273, 58.59, 0, 18.043.
- Investment climate / private sector objectives:
  - Targets: 1) Increase the contribution of the private sector to GDP to 55%; 2) Increase the volume of gross private investment attracted (except primary sector) by 10% per year.
  - 1.1 Establish a permanent government interagency commission on entrepreneurial and investment policy.
    - Indicator: Decision to establish commission adopted.
    - Responsible: EAP.
  - 1.2 Identify an agency responsible for development and implementation of entrepreneurial policy and attraction of investments (SCI).
    - Indicator: Decisions adopted.
    - EAP budget line: 0.000.
  - 1.3 Support implementation of a private sector development strategy.
    - Indicators: Percentage of SCI staff covered by training; percentage of material and technical support provided.
    - SCI: 1.00 total; disaggregated: 0.00 and 1.00; donor: ADB; donor budget line: 0.
  - 1.4 Assist in increasing personnel and material/technical potential of administrative bodies for investment attraction (stage 1).
    - Indicator: Percentage of employees covered by training.
    - Responsible: SCI, other bodies.
    - Budget: 0.50; disaggregated: 0.00 and 0.00; consolidated: 0.5; status: P.
  - 1.5 Create mechanism for independent monitoring of entrepreneurial and investment policy.
    - Indicator: Methods and principles developed and implemented.
    - EAP: 0.30; donor: ITC/SECO; status: H.
  - 1.6 Research for annual calculation of indicators for international business and investment climate rating.
    - Indicator: Report presented and recommendations made.
    - Responsible: SCI, SSC.
    - Budget: 0.20; donor: WB; status: P.

*Source: _cr0982 - 2.2 Strengthen the Tojkord National Processing Centre systems*

### 1.7 Identify a list of industrial sites that could be used to set up new production operations (in addition to measures 

### _cr0982 - 1.7 Identify a list of industrial sites that could be used to set up new production operations (in addition to measures in the Industry sector)

### Industry-site identification and related measures (Actions 1.7–1.11)
- 1.7 Identify a list of industrial sites that could be used to set up new production operations  
  - Expected output: List of industrial sites identified, conceptual plans for investment projects prepared for them  
  - Implementing bodies: SCI, other bodies  
  - Budget figures: 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00  
  - Total: 0.05  
  - Status: P

- 1.8 Devise a transparent mechanism for dealing with complaints from entrepreneurs and investors, including the creation of a website (as part of 1.3)  
  - Expected output: Proposals presented, website created and functioning  
  - Implementing bodies: SCI, other bodies  
  - Budget figures: 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00  
  - Total: 0.00  
  - Status: H

- 1.9 Perform full-scope statistical surveys of small businesses once every five years and establish for them a simplified procedure for the compilation of statistical reporting during the period between censuses (in addition to measures under the Macroeconomics sector)  
  - Expected output: Relevant regulatory legal acts adopted  
  - Implementing bodies: SSC, SCI, local authorities  
  - Budget figures: 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00  
  - Total: 0.00  
  - Status: H

- 1.10 Develop proposals on key principles and approaches for the organization of public-private partnerships (as part of 1.3)  
  - Expected output: Proposals presented, including those of a regulatory nature  
  - Implementing bodies: SCI, MEDT  
  - Budget figures: 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00  
  - Total: 0.00  
  - Status: H

- 1.11 Devise and introduce a mechanism for the accounting of gross domestic and foreign private investments attracted (as part of 1.3)  
  - Expected output: Mechanism devised and put into practice  
  - Implementing bodies: SCI, MEDT  
  - Budget figures: 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00  
  - Total: 0.3  
  - External partner: ADB  
  - Status: H

### Overarching targets linked to these measures
- Increase in the volume of FDI by 10%  
- Growth in the number of businesses by 10%

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### Strengthening protection of property and legal frameworks (Section 2: Actions 2.1–2.5)

- 2.1 Improve the mechanisms for protecting property rights and related rights  
  - Expected output: Package of measures to improve protection for property rights implemented

  - 2.1.1 Perform an analysis of court cases involving accounts payable, property disputes and contract rights. Identify specific problems with judicial authorities  
    - Output: Report and recommendations presented. Decision adopted on the publication of court rulings  
    - Implementing bodies: EAP, SCI, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.12  
    - Status: H

  - 2.1.2 Perform an analysis of situations involving various forms of extra-legal property seizures, including so-called “voluntary” transfers of property by entrepreneurs  
    - Output: Report presented. Proposals for amendments to legislative acts prepared and adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.12  
    - Status: H

  - 2.1.3 Perform an analysis of situations involving the seizure of parcels of land. Prepare proposals for amendments to the Land Code (in addition to measures in the Agricultural sector)  
    - Output: Report presented. Proposals for amendments to legislative acts prepared and adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: MAEP, SCI, ALGC, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.02  
    - Status: H

  - 2.1.4 Study land, housing and other legislation with regard to forced resettlement and present proposals to ensure fair compensation in these cases  
    - Output: Report presented. Proposals for amendments to legislative acts prepared and adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.02  
    - Status: H

  - 2.1.5 Strengthen the potential of the agency responsible for the maintenance of single state registry of legal entities and a single state registry of real estate titles and real estate transactions  
    - Output indicators: Percentage of staff covered by training; Percentage of material and technical support provided to said agency  
    - Implementing bodies: MOJ, SCI  
    - Budget figures: 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.2  
    - Status: H

  - 2.1.6 Study the status of inventory records of real property owned by individuals and legal entities. Develop measures necessary to improve accounting  
    - Output: Report and recommendations, including on property appraisal, presented, drafts of necessary regulatory acts prepared  
    - Implementing bodies: MOJ, SCI, ALGC  
    - Budget figures: 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.2  
    - Status: H

  - 2.1.7 Strengthen the potential of agencies responsible for the registration of property mortgages. Simplify mortgage lending and mortgage registration procedures  
    - Output: Report and regulatory proposals presented  
    - Implementing bodies: RTG, SCI  
    - Budget figures: 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.2  
    - Status: H

  - 2.1.8 Increase investment guarantees (legislative reinforcement of the regulation requiring that investment conditions remain unchanged for 10 years)  
    - Output: Guarantees included in the new version of the law on investments, and in tax and customs legislation  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MOJ, MOF, TC  
    - Budget figures: 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.05  
    - Status: H

  - 2.1.9 Study the legislation and current corporate governance practices (including in agriculture). Develop proposals to improve legal protections for minority stockholders (shareholders)  
    - Output: Report and regulatory proposals presented  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MAEP, MOJ, MOF  
    - Budget figures: 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.4  
    - Status: H

- 2.2 Improve state property management procedures, including property owned by public enterprises

  - 2.2.1 Devise and implement measures to ensure the effective restructuring of public enterprises  
    - Output: Proposals to improve procedures developed and implemented  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, other bodies  
    - Budget figures: 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.1  
    - Status: P

  - 2.2.2 Draft and adopt the decisions necessary to organize effective use of forestry resources  
    - Output: Decisions adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: ALGC, SCI, MAEP  
    - Budget figures: 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.05  
    - Status: P

  - 2.2.3 Study opportunities for the long-term leasing of premises owned by public institutions to private entities on a competitive basis  
    - Output: Report and practical recommendations presented  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, local authorities, other bodies  
    - Budget figures: 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.01  
    - Status: P

  - 2.2.4 Study the need for and adopt a decision to discontinue the review of privatization results (adoption of a draft law on reducing the statute of limitations)  
    - Output: Decisions adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.05  
    - Status: P

  - 2.2.5 Study the possibilities and consequences of legislative introduction of a mechanism for the purchase and sale of land titles while ensuring the use of arable land for its designated purpose  
    - Output: Report and recommendations presented  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, ALGC, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.3  
    - Status: P

- 2.3 Improve the procedure for the granting and revocation of licenses, permits and other authorization documents

  - 2.3.1 Include provisions in laws and other regulatory legal acts related to licensing in accordance with an amended law on licensing  
    - Output: Proposals of a regulatory nature presented and adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: EAP, MOJ, SCI, other bodies  
    - Budget figures: 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.2  
    - Status: H

  - 2.3.2 Study and develop proposals to eliminate time limits on licenses and to ensure the transparency of procedures involving the issuing and revocation of licenses  
    - Output: Proposals of a regulatory nature presented and adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: MOJ, SCI, other bodies  
    - Budget figures: 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.02  
    - Status: H

  - 2.3.3 Adopt and enforce new sublegal acts on the implementation of an updated law on licensing  
    - Output: Proposals of a regulatory nature presented and adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: EAP, SCI, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.03  
    - Status: H

  - 2.3.4 Perform an analysis of laws and other regulatory legal acts regarding permits, consents, etc. Present proposals for the elimination of unnecessary permits, provide for a simplified and transparent procedure for issuing permits, consents, etc.  
    - Output: Proposals of a regulatory nature presented and adopted  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MOJ, other bodies  
    - Budget figures: 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.12  
    - Status: H

- 2.4 Implement measures to ensure fulfilment of contracts

  - 2.4.1 Study the legislation and current practices in the fulfilment of contracts. Prepare legislative proposals to the extent possible, including those that provide for better fulfilment of contracts  
    - Output: Report and legislative proposals presented  
    - Implementing bodies: EAP, SCI, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.6  
    - Status: P

  - 2.4.2 Study the possibilities and present proposals to accelerate the introduction of arbitration tribunals into economic practice  
    - Output: Report and legislative proposals presented. Training courses set up for arbitration judges  
    - Implementing bodies: EAP, MOJ, SCI  
    - Budget figures: 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.5  
    - Status: P

  - 2.4.3 Study the possibilities and if necessary also carry out measures to accede to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments  
    - Output: Necessary procedures being implemented  
    - Implementing bodies: EAP, MOJ, SCI  
    - Budget figures: 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.1  
    - Status: P

- 2.5 With a view to creating a competitive investment climate, adopt and implement a law and sublegal acts on investments  
  - Output: Law and relevant sublegal acts adopted  
  - Implementing bodies: SCI, MOJ  
  - Budget figures: 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00  
  - Total: 0.4  
  - Status: P

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### Lowering market-entry barriers (Section 3: Actions 3.1–3.3)
- Objective: Increase in the number of new registered legal entities by 25%

- 3.1 Improve the mechanism for the state registration of businesses, and ensure equal opportunities for men and women to enter the market

  - 3.1.1 Study the feasibility and develop and introduce a system for the “one-stop-shop” registration of businesses in all categories  
    - Output: Amendments made to the relevant regulatory and legal framework. “One-stop-shop” state registration system established and functioning on a pilot basis  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MOJ, other bodies  
    - Budget figures: 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 1  
    - Status: H

- 3.2 Ensure access to information resources

  - 3.2.1 Prepare and implement proposals for the dissemination of legal information  
    - Output: Easier access for entrepreneurs and investors to regulatory legal acts, including departmental documents. Improved DOJ website  
    - Implementing bodies: MOJ, SCI, other bodies  
    - Budget figures: 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.01  
    - Status: P

  - 3.2.2 Study the possibility of establishing 4 or 5 information and analytical centres (IACs) around the country to meet the need for information (possibly based on subdivisions of commercial communications enterprises or business associations)  
    - Output: Report presented. Location and number of IACs determined. Access provided to general economic information, including economic surveys.  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MTC, NASMB  
    - Budget figures: 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Note in table: 0.01 shown under one column  
    - Status: P

  - 3.2.3 Develop and post brief descriptions of investment projects on the website  
    - Output: Investment projects accessible  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MEDT, other bodies  
    - Budget figures: 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.01  
    - Status: P

- 3.3 Expand the use of insurance methods for foreign investments (in addition to measures under the Regional Cooperation sector)  
  - Output: Negotiations held and MIGA representative office established in Tajikistan  
  - Implementing bodies: SCI, MEDT  
  - Budget figures: 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00  
  - Total: 0.3  
  - External partner: MIGA  
  - Status: P

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### Reducing costs of entrepreneurial and investment activity (Section 4: Actions 4.1–4.2)
- Objective: Improve the ranking of ease of doing business in Tajikistan to 122 (based on business climate rating indicators)

- 4.1 Reduce the time and costs for entrepreneurs and investors in dealing with government entities

  - 4.1.1 Prepare regulatory legal acts arising from the draft code on administrative procedures  
    - Output: Law adopted and implemented. Relevant sublegal acts adopted, instruction provided to public employees  
    - Implementing bodies: MOJ, SCI  
    - Budget figures: 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.7  
    - Status: H

  - 4.1.2 Devise and adopt a package of measures for a planned reduction in unnecessary administrative procedures in laws and other regulatory acts  
    - Output: Work plan approved by an interagency commission and being implemented  
    - Implementing bodies: EAP, SCI, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.3  
    - Status: H

- 4.2 Reduction in the number and duration of audits of entrepreneurs

  - 4.2.1 Make amendments to current legislative acts in connection with the adoption of a law on audits, assign responsibility for audits to employees of bodies not directly responsible for audits  
    - Output: Amendments made to provisions of current laws governing audits  
    - Implementing bodies: all auditing bodies  
    - Budget figures: 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.3  
    - External partners: IFC/SECO  
    - Status: H

  - 4.2.2 Prepare departmental instructional materials taking newly adopted law into account  
    - Output: Provisions and responsibility in sublegal acts of the law on audits revised  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.2  
    - External partners: IFC/SECO  
    - Status: H

  - 4.2.3 Study the possibilities for acceleration and simplification of customs processing and tax payment procedures  
    - Output: Report and practical recommendations presented  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, CS, TC, MEDT  
    - Budget figures: 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.20  
    - External partner: USAID  
    - Status: 0

  - 4.2.4 Study the possibilities for a reduction in the collection of tolls on domestic roads not established by law by conducting control audits, introducing telephone hotlines, etc.  
    - Output: Report and practical recommendations presented  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, MIA, MOJ  
    - Budget figures: 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.3  
    - Status: H

  - 4.2.5 Cooperate with neighbouring transit countries to eliminate discrimination against national passengers and freight (taking into account measures under the Regional Cooperation sector)  
    - Output: Negotiations held  
    - Implementing bodies: MEDT, SCI, CS  
    - Budget figures: 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.20  
    - External partner: USAID  
    - Status: 0

  - 4.2.6 Devise and introduce an audit monitoring system, including tax and customs audits  
    - Output: System introduced  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI, TC, CS  
    - Budget figures: 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.2  
    - External partners: IFC/SECO  
    - Status: H

  - 4.2.7 Study the possibilities of introducing a temporary moratorium on audits of micro- and small businesses  
    - Output: Report and recommendations presented  
    - Implementing bodies: SCI  
    - Budget figures: 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00  
    - Total: 0.1  
    - External partners: IFC/SECO  
    - Status: H

*Source: _cr0982 - 1.7 Identify a list of industrial sites that could be used to set up new production operations (in addition to measures in the Industry sector).*

### 4.3 Retain only essential certification standards and procedures

### 4.3 Retain only essential certification standards and procedures

### Actions and deliverables (4.3.1–4.3.7)
- 4.3.1 Study the possibility of reducing the list of products, work and services subject to mandatory certification (in accordance with requirements established by the Law on Protection of Consumers’ Rights)  
  - Deliverable: Government decision adopted and new mandatory certification list approved  
  - Responsible: MEDT, ASMC, SCI  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.05; 0.00; 0.05; EC; 0

- 4.3.2 Draft and adopt a new Law on Technical Regulation  
  - Deliverable: Law drafted and adopted  
  - Responsible: MEDT, ASMC, SCI  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.50; 0.00; 0.50; EC; 0; ITC/ SECO

- 4.3.3 Prepare and adopt new sublegal acts in accordance with the updated law on technical regulation  
  - Deliverable: Relevant regulatory proposals drafted and adopted  
  - Responsible: ASMC, MEDT, SCI  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.10; 0.00; 0.10; EC

- 4.3.4 Bring existing laws and other regulatory legal acts into conformity with the new law  
  - Deliverable: Relevant regulatory proposals drafted and adopted  
  - Responsible: ASMC  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.05; 0.00; 0.05; EC; 0

- 4.3.5 Study the possibility of reducing unnecessary standards and certificates and the recognition in Tajikistan of international standards for goods, including recognition on a unilateral basis  
  - Deliverable: Report and practical recommendations presented  
  - Responsible: MEDT, ASMC, SCI  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.30; 0.00; 0.30; EC; 0

- 4.3.6 Perform an analysis and carry out the institutional reorganization of certification and standardization agencies, increase their potential  
  - Deliverable: Report and practical recommendations presented  
  - Responsible: RTG, ASMC, MEDT, SCI  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.40; 0.00; 0.40; EC; 0

- 4.3.7 Provide for the organization of a monitoring process to track changes in certification and standardization  
  - Deliverable: Monitoring organized and functioning  
  - Responsible: MEDT, ASMC, SCI  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.30; 0.00; 0.30; EC; 0

### Related measures appearing in the same programmatic context
- 4.4 Study the possibility of improving access to financial resources by increasing the creditworthiness of entrepreneurs, including organization of credit bureaus, simplification of mortgage lending, registration of personal and real property, etc., as well as the performance of a comprehensive survey of the financial sector (as part of measures under the Macroeconomic sector)  
  - Deliverable: Report and practical recommendations presented  
  - Responsible: SCI, NBT, MOJ, other bodies  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.30; 0.00; 0.00; 0.3; P

- 4.5 Introduce a transparent and clear schedule for the delivery of electricity, gas, heat and water to economic entities given limited potential and monitor compliance with the schedule (in addition to measures under the Energy and Water Supply sector)  
  - Deliverable: Schedule adopted and being implemented. Deliveries made according to the contracted timetable. Fines imposed when schedule is violated.  
  - Responsible: MEI, KhMK, SCI  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.05; 0.00; 0.00; 0.05; P

- 4.6 Develop proposals to expand access to the national services market for foreign transportation and communications companies and banking and insurance organizations (as part of measures under the Infrastructure and Macroeconomics sectors)  
  - Deliverable: Proposals presented  
  - Responsible: SCI, MTC  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.05; 0.00; 0.00; 0.05; P

- 4.7 Study and present proposals to improve conditions for comfortable visits by investors to Tajikistan (airline service, taking into account measures under the Transportation sector, hotel services and simplification of visa requirements, taking into account measures under the Regional Cooperation sector)  
  - Deliverable: Survey and practical proposals presented  
  - Responsible: SCI, MEDT, MTC, MFA  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.10; 0.00; 0.00; 0.1; P

- 4.8 Bring labour legislation into line with market conditions  
  - Deliverable: Relevant regulatory legal acts adopted  
  - Responsible: SCI, MOJ, MLSW  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.20; 0.00; 0.00; 0.2; P

- 4.9 Study the possibility of establishing the presumption of a taxpayer’s innocence in the tax legislation  
  - Deliverable: Draft laws presented and adopted  
  - Responsible: MOF, SCI  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.05; 0.00; 0.00; 0.05; P

- 4.10 Study and prepare proposals on simplification of the closing of a business, including a reduction in and simplification of bankruptcy procedures and tax audits  
  - Deliverable: Regulatory proposals, including suggestions for amendments and additions to the legislation on bankruptcy and the Tax Code, presented and adopted  
  - Responsible: MOJ, MEDT, SCI, TC  
  - Resources/inputs: 0.10; 0.00; 0.00; 0.1; P

### Key numeric totals and program-level figures (as presented)
- Total (section totals presented): 33.53; 0.00; 16.10; 0.00; 17.44

*Source: _cr0982 - 4.3 Retain only essential certification standards and procedures (https://www.imf.org/-/media/websites/imf/imported-full-text-pdf/external/pubs/ft/scr/2009/_cr0982.pdf)*

### 4. Development of regional cooperation and integration into the global economy

### 4. Development of regional cooperation and integration into the global economy

### 1. Improve the system for the management of foreign economic activity
- Objective: Increase Tajikistan’s foreign trade by 25% by 2009, including through diversification of exports.
- Institutional reforms carried out; functional survey:
  - Functional survey prepared.
  - Responsible: MEDT, CS, TC, NBT, MOF.
  - Budget line: 0.05, 0, 0; total 0.05.
- Harmonization of legislation with international norms:
  - Practical recommendations prepared.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MOJ, CS, TC, MFA.
  - Budget line: 1.43, 0, 0; total 1.43.
  - Partners: TACIS, USAID, SECO, SDC.
- Technical regulation law (additional to Investment Climate measures):
  - Law adopted that defines procedure for application of technical regulations, including trade-related.
  - Responsible: MEDT, ASMC, other bodies.
  - Budget line: 0.1, 0, 0; total 0.10.
  - Partners: USAID, EC, ITC, SECO.
- Anti-dumping and special protection measures:
  - Law adopted; mechanism established for application.
  - Responsible: MEDT, other bodies.
  - Budget line: 0.03, 0, 0; total 0.03.
- Intellectual property legislation:
  - Introduce three draft laws (trademarks; geographical designations; protection of integrated circuit topologies).
  - Legislative framework established for commercial aspects of IP rights.
  - Responsible: MEDT, other bodies.
  - Budget line: 0.03, 0, 0; total 0.03.
  - Partner: WIPO.
- Access to regulatory legal documents related to foreign economic activity:
  - Preparation of a new version of the Republic of Tajikistan Law on Regulatory Legal Acts.
  - Responsible: MOJ, MEDT, CS.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0; total 0.10.
- Analysis of foreign markets and export structure:
  - Regular analysis of absolute and relative advantages; comprehensive programme for export-oriented sectors prepared.
  - Responsible: MEDT, SCI, MEI, MAEP.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0.00; total 0.10.
  - Partners: GTC, ITC, SECO.
- Establish information and marketing centres to promote trade:
  - WTO Information Centre and centre to support entrepreneurial initiative established.
  - Responsible: MEDT, CCI.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0; total 0.10.
  - Partners: ITC, SECO, USAID.
- Non-tariff regulation improvements:
  - Non-tariff measures in trade restricted.
  - Target: Completion of Tajikistan’s accession to the WTO before the end of 2009.

### 2. Strengthening Tajikistan’s participation in global trade — Accession to the WTO
- Comprehensive analysis of accession consequences:
  - Report and practical recommendations presented.
  - Responsible: MEDT, other bodies.
  - Budget line: 0.50, 0, 0.00; total 0.50.
- Proposals for market access commitments:
  - Updated proposals for goods and services market access presented.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MAEP, MEI, MTC, MOJ, MOH, MOE.
  - Partner: SDC, SECO (listed).
- Geneva working groups:
  - Systematic issues related to harmonization with multilateral trade system resolved.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MFA.
  - Budget lines: 0.50, 0.2, 0.20; partners SECO (0.10), SDC; modality: H.
- Bilateral negotiations with WTO members:
  - Signing of final protocols on accession conditions.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MFA.
  - Budget lines: 0.30, 0.1, 0; total 0.20; partners SDC, SECO.
- Strengthen IP protection bodies:
  - Continuation of reform.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MOC.
  - Budget line: 0.50, 0, 0; total 0.50.
- Increase capacity for technical barriers and SPS:
  - Control system established; personnel trained; material base strengthened in accordance with new legislation.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MAEP, MOH.
  - Budget lines: 13.60, 1.0, 10.00; partner ADB 2.60; other partners: ITC, SECO.
- Curriculum introduction: “International trade and law” at higher education institutions:
  - Implementation of projects supported by SECO and USAID.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MOE.
  - Budget lines: 0.50, 0, 0.20; partners SECO, USAID, SDC, ITC; totals 0.30 listed.
- Establish Tajikistan representative office at WTO Secretariat in Geneva:
  - Proposal presented to Government.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MOF.
  - Budget lines: 0.75, 0.35, 0.00; total 0.40; partners SDC, SECO.
- Project to develop regional trade and support customs system (support accession, reduce transit barriers, improve data exchange):
  - Relevant regulatory legal acts adopted.
  - Responsible: MEDT, CS.
  - Budget line: 4.25, 0, 4.25.
  - Partner: USAID (amount to be determined).
- Generalized System of Preferences:
  - Obtain preferential export conditions; Tajikistan will enjoy preferential trade conditions.
  - Responsible: MEDT.
  - Budget line: 0.05, 0, 0.00; total 0.05.
  - Partners: SDC, SECO.

### 3. Develop regional cooperation
- Objective: Increase bilateral trade with countries in the region.
- Water, energy, hydrocarbon cooperation; transit and transmission of electricity:
  - Increase in electricity output and exports to regional countries.
  - Responsible: MEI, MEDT, MFA.
  - Budget line: 0.05, 0, 0.00; total 0.05.
  - Partners listed: (China, Russia, Iran).
- Regulatory and institutional framework for regional trade / harmonization of procedures:
  - Growth in intra-regional trade.
  - Responsible: MEDT, CS, TC.
  - Budget line: 0.20, 0, 0.00; total 0.20.
  - Partners: USAID, ITC, GTC.
- Customs Union within EurAsEC:
  - Free movement of goods within the Community.
  - Responsible: MEDT, CS.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0.00; total 0.10.
- SCO cooperation and SCO Development Fund:
  - Implementation of pilot regional projects (Action Plan for Multilateral Cooperation Programme).
  - Responsible: MEDT, MOF, NB, MEI, MTC.
- ECO cooperation to address transit issues and simplify trade procedures:
  - Resolution of the transit issue.
  - Responsible: MTC, MEDT, MFA.
- International transportation and expediting company with foreign investors:
  - Simplification of freight shipments.
  - Responsible: MTC.
- Join the Asian Highway network and develop transportation corridors:
  - Simplification of transit and preparation of transportation and transit documentation.
  - Responsible: MTC, MEDT, MFA.
- Establish transportation consortium within Central Asia:
  - Transit problems resolved.
  - Responsible: MTC.
- Establish an International Energy Consortium:
  - Effective utilization of Tajikistan’s energy potential.
  - Responsible: MEI.
  - Budget line: 0.50, 0, 0; total 0.50.
- Increase electricity transmission potential via construction of power lines:
  - Increase in electricity exports.
  - Responsible: MEI, MEDT, MOF.
  - Budget line: 0.05, 0, 0; total 0.05.
  - Partner: China.
- Develop bilateral trade and economic ties:
  - Development of bilateral trade and economic ties.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MEI, MAEP, MTC, CCI.

### 4. Diversification of the commodity and sectoral structure of trade and simplification of trade procedures
- Objective: Growth in the export base for non-traditional export items.
- Growth in foreign trade turnover through export-oriented policy:
  - Responsible: MEDT.
- Export strategy for fruit and vegetable products:
  - Strategy developed.
  - Responsible: MAEP, MEDT.
  - Budget line: 0.05, 0, 0; total 0.05.
  - Partner: ITC.
- Agro-business development project (processing, packaging, transport, storage, marketing, promotion):
  - Growth in exports of fruit and vegetable products.
  - Responsible: MEDT, MAEP.
  - Budget line: 5.00, 0, 5.00; total 5.00.
  - Partner: USAID.
- Update customs and tariff policies consistent with international commitments and WTO:
  - Optimization of customs tariff and non-tariff measures.
  - Responsible: MEDT, CS, TC, MOF.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0; total 0.10.
  - Partner: SECO.
- Establish Advisory Commission on trade procedures:
  - Barriers to trade growth identified timely.
  - Responsible: MEDT.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0; total 0.10.
- Eliminate deposit payment procedure for transit through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia:
  - Expected increase in freight flows across Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan.
  - Responsible: MEDT.
- Conversion study of Tajik Universal Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange into a commodity-stock exchange:
  - Reports and practical recommendations prepared.
  - Responsible: MEDT.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0; total 0.10.
- Improve licensing and quota mechanism for alcohol products:
  - Mechanism for issuing quotas improved.
  - Responsible: MAEP, MEDT.
- Improve insurance system for legal entities and individuals:
  - Proper system of insurance against commercial risks established.
  - Responsible: MOF.
- Free economic zones:
  - Resolve establishment of free economic zones.
  - Target: Free economic zone established in Dangara District.
  - Responsible: MEDT.

### 5. Development of tourism
- Objective: Increase number of tourists and tourism revenue.
- Survey of tourism opportunities and improvement proposals:
  - More effective use of tourism development opportunities.
  - Responsible: CYST.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0; total 0.10.
- Advertising and public information programme for international tourism:
  - More information available on tourism opportunities, including websites.
  - Responsible: CYST, MEDT.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0; total 0.10.
- Publication of promotional materials (catalogues, booklets, posters, maps):
  - Greater awareness abroad of Tajikistan’s tourism resources.
  - Responsible: CYST, MOF.
- Facilitate domestic tourism operators’ participation in international exhibitions/trade fairs via a single country display:
  - Advertising of Tajikistan’s tourism products abroad.
  - Responsible: CYST, CCI.
- Set up tourism offices abroad as part of trade representative offices:
  - More effective implementation of tourism policies.
  - Responsible: CYST.
- Present Tajikistan’s tourism opportunities in main source countries:
  - Increase in tourist flows.
  - Responsible: CYST, MEDT, MOF.
- Compile tourism statistics consistent with World Tourism Organization requirements:
  - Increase in reliability of statistical information.
  - Responsible: SSC, CYST.
- Promote investment projects to develop tourism infrastructure (including hotel networks):
  - Projects prepared.
  - Responsible: CYST, SCI.
  - Budget line: 0.10, 0, 0; total 0.10.
- Implement FDI projects to develop tourism infrastructure (construction of hotels, infrastructure, employment increase):
  - Responsible: CYST.
  - Budget line: 250.00, 0, 200.00; partners: Russia, Turkey, India, Aga Khan Fund; 50.00 listed.

*Source: _cr0982 - 4. Development of regional cooperation and integration into the global economy*

### 5.10 Develop the air transport sector and allow foreign air carriers access to the domestic market

### 5.10 Develop the air transport sector and allow foreign air carriers access to the domestic market

### Air transport sector objectives and measures
- Improvement in the quality of air transport services  
  - Responsible agencies: SCI, MTC, MEDT
- 1.1.6 Increase the number of foreign air carriers operating in Tajikistan  
  - Target: The number of foreign air carriers operating in Tajikistan increased by 5.  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, SUAE  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.1 0 0.00 0 0.1 P

### Airport infrastructure and SUAE restructuring (selected items)
- 1.2.4 Prepare and approve a strategic plan for the restructuring of Tajik Air SUAE  
  - Output: Restructuring plan approved and being implemented  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, SUAE  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.40 0 0.00 0.4 EBRD H
- 1.2.5 Modernize the financial management system of Tajik Air SUAE; modernize the airline ticketing system  
  - Output: Annual independent audit performed. Airline ticketing system improved  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, SUAE  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.10 0 0.00 0.1 EBRD P
- 1.3.16 Develop and promote investment projects involving the restructuring of Tajik Air SUAE (in addition to 1.2.4)  
  - Output: Investment projects developed and presented to potential investors. Negotiations held  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, SUAE  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.1 0 0.00 0.1 P
- 1.3.17 Promote investment projects involving reconstruction of the Khudzhand and Dushanbe airports (FDI)  
  - Output: Negotiations held with investors on construction financing. First phase of planning work completed  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, SUAE  
  - Budget/inputs: 15 0 0.00 15

### Targets and sector indicators (transportation)
- Growth in freight turnover by 12.5%  
- Growth in passenger turnover by 4.7%

### Related investment and modernization items (selected)
- 1.3.20 Promote an investment project to modernize the Tajik Air aircraft fleet (FDI)  
  - Output: Negotiations held with investors on financing for the purchase (leasing) of airplanes. First phase of planning work completed  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, SUAE  
  - Budget/inputs: 5 0 5.00 EBRD 0
- 1.3.27 Implement investment projects to build bridges in Vanch and Shurabad districts  
  - Output: Bridges built  
  - Responsible agency: MT  
  - Budget/inputs: 1.70 0 1.70 Aga Khan Fund 0

### Aggregate figures for this section
- Total: 279.44             1.65             219.65                          
  58.14

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### 5.11 Visa facilitation for tourists

### Measure and objective
- Simplify the procedure for granting visas to nationals of certain foreign countries. Introduce the practice of granting tourist visas right at the Dushanbe airport for a period ranging from two weeks to one month  
  - Expected outcome: Increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting Tajikistan  
  - Responsible agencies: CYST, MFA

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### 6. Regulation of the labour migration process

### Objective and selected measure
- Growth in the proportion of legal labour migrants
- 6.1 Improve the mechanism for the regulation and normalization of foreign labour migration, step up the political dialogue with the aim of protecting the rights and interests of Tajik migrants living in foreign countries (in addition to measures referred to under the social welfare section)  
  - Expected outcome: Protection of the rights of labour migrants outside the country and guarantees for these migrants  
  - Responsible agencies: MLSW, MFA

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### 1. Development of infrastructure, transportation and communications, energy and industry (selected transportation and communications measures)

### 1.1 Implementation of institutional reforms in the transportation sector
- Objective: Optimization of functions of government structures involved in the regulation of the transportation sector, adoption of a comprehensive strategy for development of the transportation sector
- 1.1.1 Perform a functional survey of government agencies responsible for the development and implementation of transportation policy  
  - Output: Report and practical recommendations prepared  
  - Responsible agency: EAP  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.5 0 0 0.5 H
- 1.1.2 Increase the potential of central and local government agencies responsible for the development and implementation of transportation policy  
  - Indicator: Percentage of employees who have received training  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.4 0 0.4 ADB 0
- 1.1.3 Organize monitoring and assessment of the transportation policy that is being implemented (as part of measure 1.1.2)  
  - Output: A monitoring and assessment unit is organized to track activities that are being carried out, all of its staff has received training  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 0 0 0.00 0 H
- 1.1.4 Grant the Association of International Carriers independent status  
  - Output: The Association of International Carriers functions independently of government bodies  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 0 0 0.00 0 H
- 1.1.5 Provide incentives for the establishment of private transportation and expediting companies  
  - Output: Measures developed and introduced to provide support for private transportation and expediting companies  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, MOF, TC  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.1 0 0.00 0 0.1 P

### 1.2 More effective use of available resources in the transportation sector
- 1.2.1 Perform an inventory (certification) of existing roads and transportation routes. Define in specific terms rights and responsibilities related to the operation and maintenance of roadways  
  - Output: Inventory performed, rights and responsibilities related to the operation of roadways defined  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.3 0 0.00 0.3 H
- 1.2.2 Perform an analysis of the financial stability of the highway system, including parking zones, new roads and tunnels  
  - Output: Analysis performed and practical recommendations proposed  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, MOF, MEDT, local authorities  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.3 0 0.00 0.3 P
- 1.2.3 Prepare and approve a strategic plan for the restructuring of Tajik Railway  
  - Output: Restructuring plan prepared and approved  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, TRW  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.5 0 0.00 0.5 ADB H

### 1.3 Promote existing and new investment projects in the transportation sector (selected projects and budgets)
- 1.3.1 Implement the Shagon-Zigar highway construction project, phase 2  
  - Output: 9.750 km of highway completed  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 8.973 1.105 7.87 IDB (7.87) 0
- 1.3.2 Implement the Pyandzh River bridge construction project  
  - Output: Completion of a bridge 672 metres in length  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 21.700 0 0.00 21.7 USAID (21.7) P
- 1.3.3 Implement the Dusti-Lower Pyandzh highway construction project  
  - Output: Completion of 23.7 km of highway. Access to Afghanistan’s transportation network  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 5.000 0 5.0 Govt. of Japan 0
- 1.3.4 Restore the Dushanbe-Aini-Shakhristan-Istravshan-Khudjand-Buston-Uzbekistan border highway  
  - Output: Restoration of 354.1 km of highway, increase in the turnover of goods with Uzbekistan  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 240.8 9.8 231.00 China (231) 0
- 1.3.7 Implement the Dushanbe-Kyrgyzstan border highway construction project, phase 1  
  - Output: Completion of 73 km of highway  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 13.232 1.179 12.05 ADB (8.594) OPEC (3.459) 0
- 1.3.8 Implement the Dushanbe-Kyrgyzstan border highway construction project, phase 2  
  - Output: Completion of 89 km of highway  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 35.584 9.11 26.47 ADB 0
- 1.3.21 Implement a project to rehabilitate the Kurgantyube-Dusti highway, which provides access to Afghanistan’s transportation network  
  - Output: Negotiations held with investors on construction financing. First phase of planning work completed  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 22 0 22 Govt. of Japan P
- 1.3.23 Promote a project to rehabilitate the Dushanbe-Kyrgyzstan border highway, phase 3  
  - Output: Feasibility study prepared  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 30 5 25.00 ADB (25) 0
- 1.3.26 Prepare a feasibility study on the establishment of an aviation and radio-electronic equipment laboratory to service foreign airplanes, and on the introduction of a centralized fuelling system (FDI)  
  - Output: Investment projects developed and presented to potential investors. Negotiations held  
  - Responsible agencies: MTC, SUAE  
  - Budget/inputs: 1.00 0 0.00 1
- 1.3.32 Build the Kafarnigan-Yavan railway line  
  - Output: Railway line built  
  - Responsible agency: MT  
  - Budget/inputs: 7.51 1.15 6.36 IDB 0
- 1.3.34 Purchase equipment and provide training for rehabilitation of the country’s highways  
  - Output: Established list of work performed  
  - Responsible agency: MTC  
  - Budget/inputs: 10.00 0 0.00 10 H

### Aggregate figures for infrastructure and transportation promotion
- Total: 581.599           32.294           345.215 0                   204.09

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### Development of communications (selected)

### Institutional measure
- 2.1.1 Perform a functional survey of agencies responsible for the development and implementation of policy in the communications sector  
  - Output: Report and practical recommendations prepared  
  - Responsible agency: EAP  
  - Budget/inputs: 0.3 0 0 0.3 H

### Sector target
- Growth in the communications sector as a proportion of GDP to 1.56%

*Source: _cr0982 - 5.10 Develop the air transport sector and allow foreign air carriers access to the domestic market*

### 2.1 Implementation of institutional reforms in the communications sector

### 2.1 Implementation of institutional reforms in the communications sector

### Functions of government structures involved in regulating the communications sector optimized
- Objective: Increase the potential of agencies responsible for the development and implementation of policy in the communications sector.
- Indicator: Percentage of employees who have received training.
  - MTC: 0.5, 0, 0, 0.5

### Restructuring of state communications companies
- 2.2.1 Implement the Tajiktelecom restructuring plan
  - Indicator: Company restructuring completed.
  - MTC: 0.3, 0, 0.0, 0.3
- 2.2.2 Approve and implement the Teleradiocom restructuring plan
  - Indicator: Company restructuring completed.
  - MTC: 0.2, 0, 0.0, 0.2

### More effective use of available resources in the communications sector
- Target: Growth in the number of licensees in the communications sector by 5 units.

### Postal services reform
- 2.2.3 Perform an analysis of the functions and develop a plan for reform of the Pochtai Tochikiston Department with the aim of increasing its profitability
  - Indicator: Analysis performed and practical recommendations presented.
  - MTC: 0.3, 0, 0.0, 0.3
  - Classification: P

### Promote investment projects in the communications sector
- Sector target: Increase telephone density by 1.4%.

- 2.3.1 Develop and promote the Electronic Government strategy based on the approved Conceptual Framework (stage 1)
  - Indicator: Electronic Government strategy approved by the Government, feasibility study prepared and negotiations held with investors.
  - MTC: 0.1, 0, 0.00, 0.1
  - Classification: H

- 2.3.2 Implement the “Electronic Government” strategy (FDI)
  - Indicator: Electronic Government strategy being implemented on a pilot basis.
  - MTC: 11.3, 0, 0.00, 11.3

- 2.3.3 Promote the Telecommunications Transportation Network investment project
  - Indicator: Project proposal prepared and negotiations held with investors.
  - MTC: 0.1, 0, 0.00, 0.1
  - Classification: H

- 2.3.4 Implement the Telecommunications Transportation Network investment project (FDI)
  - Indicator: Number of users of main transmission network has reached 744 units.
  - MTC: 8, 0, 0.0, 8

- 2.3.5 Promote the Organization of an IP National Data Network investment project
  - Indicator: Project proposal prepared and negotiations held with investors.
  - MTC: 0.1, 0, 0.00, 0.1
  - Classification: H

- 2.3.6 Implement the Organization of an IP National Data Network investment project (FDI)
  - Indicator: First phase of work completed.
  - MTC: 6.99, 0, 0.0, 6.99

- 2.3.7 Promote the Organization of Rural Network Access investment project
  - Indicator: Project proposal prepared and negotiations held with investors.
  - MTC: 0.1, 0, 0.0, 0.1
  - Classification: H

- 2.3.8 Implement the Organization of Rural Network Access investment project (FDI)
  - Indicator: First phase of work completed.
  - MTC: 21.7, 0, 0.0, 21.7

### Modernization and strengthening of communications infrastructure
- 2.3.9 Modernize cable networks of the national telephone system
  - Indicator: Established list of work performed.
  - MTC: 4.488, 0, 0.0, 4.488
  - Classification: H

- 2.3.10 Modernize the telephone networks in Khatlon Province
  - Indicator: Established list of work performed.
  - MTC: 1.2, 0, 0.0, 1.2
  - Classification: H

- 2.3.11 Strengthen the material and technical base of the film archive
  - Indicator: Established list of work performed.
  - Agencies: MTC, State Television and Radio, other bodies
  - MTC (and others): 0.379, 0, 0.0, 0.379
  - Classification: H

### Total for communications sector items listed
- Total: 56.057, 0, 0, 0, 56.057

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### 3.1 Implementation of institutional reforms in the energy sector

### Functions optimized and restructuring of the energy sector performed
- 3.1.1 Perform a functional survey of agencies responsible for the development and implementation of policy in the energy sector
  - Indicator: Report and practical recommendations prepared.
  - Agency: RT EAP
  - Value: 0.25, 0, 0.00, 0.25
  - Classification: H

- 3.1.2 Increase the potential of agencies responsible for the development and implementation of policy in the energy sector, including establishment of a system for monitoring the policy implementation process
  - Indicator: Monitoring unit established. Percentage of staff who have received training.
  - MEI: 0.25, 0, 0.00, 0.25
  - Classification: H

- 3.1.3 Devise and implement a plan for the restructuring of Barki Tochik, which provides for the division of the company into generating, transmission and distribution units
  - Indicator: Restructuring plan adopted and being implemented.
  - MEI: 0.45, 0.00, 0.00, 0.450
  - Classification: H

- 3.1.4 Devise and implement a plan for the restructuring of Tochikgas
  - Indicator: Restructuring plan adopted and being implemented.
  - MEI: 0.30, 0.00, 0.00, 0.300
  - Classification: H

- 3.1.5 Develop a programme to protect vulnerable segments of the population in connection with higher rates for electricity and gas
  - Indicator: Mechanisms devised and approved.
  - Agencies: MEI, MLSW, MOF, MEDT
  - Value: 0.40, 0.00, 0.00, 0.400
  - Classification: P
  - Outcome target: Increase in the average daily availability of electricity from 16 hours to 20 hours

- 3.1.6 Devise a long-range conceptual framework for the development of the energy sector to 2025
  - Indicator: Conceptual framework approved.
  - MEI: 0.20, 0.00, 0.00, 0.20
  - Classification: P
  - Inclusion: formation of industrial- and water-energy complexes (clusters), regional energy consortiums, and a gradual transition to electricity supply in place of gas supply systems

### 3.2 More effective use of available resources
- 3.2.1 Implement a strategy aimed at a gradual increase in electricity rates in 2007-2010
  - Indicator: Annual increase in rates in accordance with the Strategy.
  - Objectives listed:
    - Reduction in the quasi-fiscal deficit
    - 1. Decline in energy losses from 14% to 10%
    - 2. Increase in electricity rates from 0.65 cents to 1.65 cents

- 3.2.2 Implement a programme to build small hydropower plants
  - Indicator: 8 small hydropower plants built.
  - MEI: 10.40, 2.20, 8.20, IDB, 0.00

- 3.2.3 Implement and monitor an investment project to reduce energy losses
  - Indicator: Furnish 100% of consumers in the city of Dushanbe with electricity meters, furnish 100% of consumers throughout the country with gas meters.
  - MEI: 15.60, 2.60, 13.00
  - Donors/Contributions listed: WB (5.7), Switzerland (7.3)
  - Note: 2.6 – contribution by Barki Tochik

- 3.2.4 Study opportunities for and promote investment projects involving the conversion of thermal electric power plants to coal
  - Indicator: Report and recommendations presented. Negotiations held with investors on financing the conversion of power plants to coal.
  - MEI: 0.05, 0.00, 0.00, 0.050
  - Classification: H

- 3.2.5 Promote an investment project to build coal-fired electric power plants
  - Indicator: Feasibility study prepared for the construction of one coal-fired power plant. Negotiations held with investors and construction work begun.
  - MEI: 0.05, 0.00, 0.00, 0.050
  - Classification: H

### Regional electricity market development
- 3.3.1 Implement the Development of the Regional Electricity Market project
  - Indicator: Agreements signed. Electricity market identified.
  - MEI: 0.60, 0.00, 0.60, USAID, 0.000

*Source: _cr0982 - 2.1 Implementation of institutional reforms in the communications sector*

### 3.3 Promotion of investment projects in the energy sector

### 3.3 Promotion of investment projects in the energy sector

### Objectives and aggregate targets
- Increase electricity generating capacities from 4070 megawatts to 6169.5 megawatts.
- Increase coal production from 98,800 tonnes to 148,100 tonnes.
- Increase oil production from 16,000 tonnes to 29,300 tonnes.
- Increase gas production from 23.8 million cubic metres to 30.5 million cubic metres.

### Measures to reduce energy intensity and improve regulation
- 3.3.2 Perform an analysis and devise measures to reduce the energy-intensiveness of production and household consumption (first stage)
  - Output: Analysis performed and practical recommendations presented
  - Responsible: MEI, other bodies
  - Cost entries: 0.45  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.450
  - Status/mark: P

- 3.3.3 Improve the potential for electricity regulation at Barki Tochik
  - Output metric: Number of consumers supplied by Barki Tochik
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 0.50  0.00  0.50
  - Fund: ADB 0.00

- 3.3.4 Establish and ensure unconditional compliance with a schedule for heat, electricity and gas supply to consumers, especially during the winter months
  - Output: Schedule for the delivery of heat, electricity and gas to consumers adopted and being implemented; Penalties established for suppliers who fail to meet the delivery schedule
  - Responsible: MEI, MEDT
  - Cost entries: 0.30  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.300
  - Status/mark: P

- 3.3.10 Perform an independent expert assessment of the feasibility study prepared for the Rogun HPP project
  - Output: Report and practical recommendations prepared
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 0.70  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.700
  - Status/mark: P

- 3.3.12 Comply with the requirement for a mandatory environmental impact assessment of large projects under construction with the participation of experts from national scientific organizations
  - Output: Environmental impact assessments performed for all major new projects
  - Responsible: MEI, AS, MAEP
  - Cost entries: 0.00  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.000

### Major generation projects (FDI and modernization)
- 3.3.7 Implement an investment project to build Sangtuda HPP-1 (FDI)
  - Expected additional output: 2.7 billion kWh
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 300.00  50.00  250.00
  - Partner: UES RAO
  - Additional numeric line: 0.000

- 3.3.8 Implement an investment project to build Sangtuda HPP-2 (FDI)
  - Expected additional output: 1 billion kWh
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 256.00  40.00  216.00
  - Partner: Iran
  - Additional numeric line: 0.000

- 3.3.9 Launch an investment project to build the first stage of the Rogun HPP, phase 1 (FDI)
  - Output: Project launched
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 280.00  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 280.00
  - Partner: RUSAL

- 3.3.15 Implement an investment project to modernize the Nurek HPP (FDI)
  - Expected outcomes: Expected extension of service life by 35 years, 10% increase in capacity
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 321.00  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 321.000

- 3.3.17 Implement the investment project to modernize the Kairakkum HPP (FDI)
  - Expected outcomes: Expected extension of service life by 44 years, increase in capacity by 30 megawatts
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 53.40  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 53.40
  - Partner: Czech Republic

- 3.3.19 Implement the investment project to modernize the Varzob HPP cascade (FDI)
  - Expected outcomes: Expected extension of service life by 25 years, increase in capacity by 5 megawatts
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 10.20  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 10.20

- 3.3.21 Implement the investment project to modernize the Vaksh HPP cascade (FDI)
  - Expected outcomes: Expected extension of service life by 50 years, increase in capacity by 30 megawatts
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 57.00  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 57.00

- 3.3.13 Promote an investment project to modernize the Nurek HPP
  - Output: Negotiations held with potential investors, feasibility studies prepared
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 0.10  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.100

- 3.3.14 Restore/rebuild the Nurek 500/220 kV distribution units (as part of measure 3.3.13)
  - Output: Restoration/reconstruction of the distribution units will make it possible to provide for the long-term and reliable delivery of electricity
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 49.00  4.00  45.00
  - Partners: ADB (20)  KfW (25)
  - Additional numeric line: 0.000

- 3.3.16 Promote an investment project to modernize the Kairakkum HPP
  - Output: Negotiations held with potential investors, feasibility studies prepared
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 0.10  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.10

- 3.3.18 Promote an investment project to modernize the Varzob HPP cascade
  - Output: Negotiations held with potential investors, feasibility studies prepared
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 0.20  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.20

- 3.3.20 Promote an investment project to modernize the Vaksh HPP cascade
  - Output: Negotiations held with potential investors, feasibility studies prepared
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 0.30  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.30

### Transmission, lines, and network projects
- 3.3.6 Implement an investment project to build a 220 kV electric power line between Lolazor and Kulyab, and the Khatlon 220 kV substation
  - Output: Reduce technical losses by 4-5%
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 42.32  1.92  40.40
  - Partner/country: China
  - Additional numeric line: 0.000

- 3.3.28 Implement an investment project to build the South-North 500 kV electric power line
  - Output: Delivery of electricity to the northern part of the country expected
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 236.38  9.28  227.10
  - Partner/country: China
  - Additional numeric line: 0.00

- 3.3.11 Implement an energy network concession project in GBAO (next stage) (FDI)
  - Outputs: Technical losses reduced, agreement on exports of electricity to Afghanistan signed
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 26.50  0.00  26.50
  - Partner: Aga Kahn Fund
  - Additional numeric line: 0.000

- 3.3.31 Build the Lolazor-Obi Mazor 220 kV electric power line and a 220 kV substation
  - Output: Established list of work performed
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 7.20  1.20  0.00  (additional numeric line) 6.00

- 3.3.29 Implement an investment project to build the Sangtuda HPP-Main HPP-Afghanistan border electric power line
  - Output: Establishment of conditions for the export of electricity during the summer months
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 31.00  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 31.00
  - Partner: ADB
  - Status/mark: P

- 3.3.32 Implement a project for the trading of electricity among countries in Central and South Asia
  - Output: Established list of work performed
  - Responsible: MEI, MEDT, MFA
  - Cost entries: 3.00  0.50  0.00  (additional numeric line) 2.50
  - Partner: WB
  - Status/mark: H

- 3.3.34 Implement a regional project for an intersystem electric power transmission line
  - Output: Establishment of conditions for the export of electricity during the summer months
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 8.40  1.40  7.00
  - Partner: ADB
  - Additional numeric line: 0.00

### Gas projects and regional gas transmission
- 3.3.5 Implement a project to identify gas deposits and to establish a network of liquefied gas filling stations (by agreement with Gazprom) (FDI)
  - Output: Increase in extraction of natural gas
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 6.00  0.00  6.00
  - Partner: Gazprom (DI, 6)
  - Additional numeric line: 0.000

- 3.3.33 Implement a regional project to improve gas transmission
  - Output: Established list of work performed
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 6.41  2.08  4.33
  - Partner: ADB
  - Additional numeric line: 0.00

### Coal and mining projects
- 3.3.22 Promote an investment project to build the Eastern open-pit facility at the Fon-Yagnob mine
  - Output: Negotiations held with potential investors, feasibility studies prepared
  - Responsible: MT
  - Cost entries: 0.10  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.10
  - Status/mark: H

- 3.3.23 Implement the investment project to build the Eastern open-pit mine at the Fon-Yagnob deposit (FDI)
  - Output: Additional production output of up to 300,000 tonnes of coal per year expected
  - Responsible: MT
  - Cost entries: 63.20  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 63.20

- 3.3.24 Promote an investment project to build open-pit and underground mines at Ziddi
  - Output: Negotiations held with potential investors, feasibility studies prepared
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 0.10  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.10
  - Status/mark: H

- 3.3.25 Implement the investment project to build open-pit and underground mines at Ziddi (FDI)
  - Output: Additional production output of up to 400,000 tonnes of coal per year expected
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 63.50  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 63.50

- 3.3.26 Promote an investment project to rebuild mine No. 8 at the Shurab deposit
  - Output: Negotiations held with potential investors, feasibility studies prepared
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 0.10  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.10
  - Status/mark: H

- 3.3.27 Implement the investment project to rebuild mine No. 8 at the Shurab deposit (FDI)
  - Output: Increase in the production of coal expected
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 1.78  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 1.78

### Sector rehabilitation and miscellaneous projects
- 3.3.30 Rehabilitate the energy sector, phases 1 and 2
  - Output: Established list of work performed
  - Responsible: MEI
  - Cost entries: 45.28  8.16  19.82
  - Partners/funders listed: ADB, IDB, Govt. of Switzerland 17.30  ADB, Japan H

- 3.3.11 (see above) and other concession/FDI projects aim to reduce technical losses and enable exports (Afghanistan, regional markets).

### Programmatic development links to industry (selected)
- Energy sector measures are presented alongside institutional and industrial development measures:
  - 4.1.1 Perform a functional survey of the system of agencies involved in policy implementation in the sector
    - Responsible: EAP
    - Cost entries: 0.50  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.50
    - Status/mark: H
  - 4.1.2 Increase the potential of agencies responsible for the development and implementation of industrial policy
    - Metric: Percentage of employees of the relevant agencies who have received training
    - Responsible: MEI
    - Cost entries: 0.50  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.50
    - Status/mark: H
  - 4.2.1 Develop and promote investment projects to establish production facilities for the intensive processing of cotton
    - Output: Feasibility studies prepared, negotiations held with potential investors
    - Responsible: MEI
    - Cost entries: 0.50  0.00  0.00  (additional numeric line) 0.50
    - Status/mark: P
  - 4.2.2 Implement investment projects to establish production facilities for the intensive processing of cotton (FDI)
    - Output: Growth in gross output in the sector by 120%
    - Responsible: MEI
    - Cost entries: 73.00  0.00  23.00
    - Partner: Turkey (23)  additional line: 50.00

### Key statistics and total financing
- Individual project and measure cost entries (selected examples preserved exactly as in source): 300.00; 256.00; 280.00; 321.00; 63.20; 63.50; 236.38; 42.32; 31.00; 26.50; 45.28; 7.20; 6.41; 8.40; 6.00; 3.00; 0.70; 0.45; 0.50; 0.30; 0.10; 0.20; 0.40; 0.50; 0.10; 0.20; 0.30; 0.57 (as appearing)
- Total (as presented): 1899.07  123.34  864.45  0.00  911.29

*Source: _cr0982 - 3.3 Promotion of investment projects in the energy sector*

### 4.2 Support for the development of priority sectors of industry

### 4.2 Support for the development of priority sectors of industry

### Investment projects and implementation (industry sectors)
- 4.2.3 Develop and promote investment projects to establish production facilities for the intensive processing of leather, wool, tobacco, silkworms and other raw materials
  - Outputs: Feasibility studies prepared, negotiations held with potential investors
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 0.50, 0.00, 0.00, 0.50
- 4.2.4 Implement investment projects to establish production facilities for the intensive processing of leather, wool, tobacco, silkworms and other raw materials (FDI)
  - Performance indicator: Growth in gross output in the sectors
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 180.00, 0.00, 0.00, 180.00
- 4.2.5 Develop and promote a programme to increase the processing of aluminium and monitor its implementation, including the setting of quotas for domestic processing
  - Outputs: Programme developed and adopted. Feasibility studies prepared and negotiations held with potential investors
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 0.30, 0.00, 0.00, 0.30
- 4.2.6 Implement the programme to increase the processing of aluminium (FDI)
  - Performance indicators: Increase in the proportion of aluminium being processed; Growth in investments in the aluminium processing sector
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 200.00, 0.00, 0.00, 200.00
- 4.2.7 Prepare and promote investment projects to develop the building materials industry
  - Outputs: Feasibility studies prepared, negotiations held with potential investors
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 0.30, 0.00, 0.00, 0.30
- 4.2.8 Implement investment projects to develop the building materials industry (FDI)
  - Performance indicators: Growth in gross output in the sector. Increase in investments in the sector
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 200.00, 0.00, 105.00 (Czech Republic (105)), 95.00
- 4.2.9 Develop and promote a programme to increase the processing of precious metals and stones
  - Outputs: Feasibility studies prepared, negotiations held with potential investors
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 0.20, 0.00, 0.00, 0.20
- 4.2.10 Implement the programme to increase the processing of precious metals and stones (FDI)
  - Performance indicators: Growth in gross output in the sector. Increase in investments in the sector
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 100.00, 0.00, 0.00, 100.00
- 4.2.11 Prepare and promote investment projects to create production facilities for the assembly of agricultural equipment
  - Outputs: Feasibility studies prepared, negotiations held with potential investors
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 0.50, 0.00, 0.00, 0.50
- 4.2.12 Implement investment projects to create production facilities for the assembly of agricultural equipment (FDI)
  - Performance indicators: Growth in gross output in the sector. Increase in investments in the sector
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 75.00, 0.00, 10.00 (Iran (25)), 65.00
- 4.2.13 Prepare and promote investment projects to produce equipment for alternative energy (wind and solar, biogas production)
  - Outputs: Feasibility studies prepared, negotiations held with potential investors
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 0.50, 0.00, 0.00, 0.50
- 4.2.14 Implement investment projects to produce equipment for alternative energy (wind and solar, biogas production) (FDI)
  - Performance indicators: Growth in gross output in the sector. Increase in investments in the sector
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 15.00, 0.00, 0.00, 15.00
- 4.2.15 Prepare and promote investment projects in the mining industry
  - Outputs: Feasibility studies prepared, negotiations held with potential investors
  - Implementing agencies: MEI, MGA
  - Budget: 0.40, 0.00, 0.00, 0.40
- 4.2.16 Implement investment projects in the mining industry (FDI)
  - Performance indicators: Growth in gross output in the sector. Increase in investments in the sector
  - Implementing agencies: MEI, MGA
  - Budget: 120.00, 0.00, 0.00, 120.00
- 4.2.17 Prepare and promote investment projects in the chemical industry, including projects involving the processing of table salt
  - Outputs: Feasibility studies prepared, negotiations held with potential investors
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 0.50, 0.00, 0.00, 0.50
- 4.2.18 Implement investment projects in the chemical industry, including projects involving the processing of table salt (FDI)
  - Performance indicators: Growth in gross output in the sector. Increase in investments in the sector
  - Implementing agency: MEI
  - Budget: 55.00, 0.00, 0.00, 55.00

### Totals (industry development)
- Total: 1025.00, 0.00, 138.00, 0.00, 887.00

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### 6. Food security and development of the agricultural sector

### 1. Implementation of institutional reforms in the sector
- Objectives:
  - 1. Growth in gross output of agricultural products by 20%
  - 2. Growth in labour productivity by (value not specified in excerpt)
- 1.1 Reform agencies responsible for the development and implementation of sectoral policy (MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, TTSB and local councils)
  - Outputs: Revision of functions and authorities of government agencies. Change in the structure of these agencies
  - Implementing agencies: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, local authorities
  - Budget: 0.6, 0, 0.3, EC, 0.3
  - Priority: H
- 1.2 Increase the potential of agencies responsible for the development and implementation of sectoral policy, including attraction of investments and support for entrepreneurial activity
  - Outputs: Number of specialists trained. Growth in the number and increase in the volume of fixed capital of owner-operated farms
  - Implementing agencies: MAEP, ALGC, MOH
  - Budget: 0.6, 0, 0.3, EC, 0.3
  - Priority: P
  - Note: 25% transition from direct to indirect methods for the regulation of agriculture
- 1.3 Prepare proposals to eliminate administrative barriers related to interference by government agencies in the activities of agricultural enterprises (make amendments to laws)
  - Outputs: Amendments to laws adopted
  - Implementing agency: MAEP
  - Budget: 0.6, 0, 0.3, EC, 0.3
  - Priority: P
- 1.4 Devise and implement a Food Security Strategy
  - Outputs: Decisions adopted are sounder and more comprehensive
  - Implementing agencies: MAEP, other bodies
  - Budget: 0.3, 0, 0, 0.3, FAO, EC
  - Priority: H
- 1.5 Prepare and implement a programme for the development of production and exports of agricultural products up to 2015
  - Outputs: Development of new sales markets. Increase in exports of agricultural products
  - Implementing agencies: MAEP, other bodies
  - Budget: 0.3, 0, 0, 0.3
  - Priority: P
- 1.6 Support the Livestock Biotechnology structure to preserve the gene pool of domestic and wild animals (creation of a seed bank and data base) (FDI)
  - Outputs: Improvement of livestock breeding. Increase in services for farmers. Higher profitability in livestock production. Seed bank created
  - Implementing agency: MAEP
  - Budget: 2.0, 0.0, 0.0, 2
  - Donor: WB

### 2. Increase in the effectiveness of the cotton sector
- Objectives: 1. Resolve cotton debt problems 2. Boost cotton yields 3. Increase the domestic processing of raw cotton to 30%
- 2.1 Implement a project to ensure the sustainability of the cotton sector
  - Outputs: Adjustment of the amount of debt owed by farms. Reduction in the level of debt owed by farms
  - Implementing agencies: NBT, MAEP, other bodies
  - Budget: 13.054, 2.779, 10.275
  - Donor: ADB
- 2.2 Provide assistance in raising the standard of living and the management of land resources in Khatlon Province
  - Outputs: New methods introduced
  - Implementing agencies: MAEP, NBT, other bodies
  - Budget: 4.785, 0.185, 4.6
  - Donor: International Fund for Agricultural Development
- 2.3 Implement a project to develop cotton farming
  - Outputs: All assessments performed in accordance with the international standard. Growth in income earned by peasant farmers on each tonne of cotton sold
  - Implementing agency: (not specified)
  - Budget: 12, 0.8, 11.2
  - Donor: WB
- 2.4 Perform research and devise a mechanism to increase competition among cotton mills
  - Outputs: Increase in cotton output
  - Implementing agency: MAEP
  - Budget: 0.3, 0, 0, 0.3
  - Priority: H
- 2.5 Minimize procedures involved in the export of cotton and import of fertilizers, equipment and other materials for cotton production
  - Outputs: Amendments to laws adopted. Number of contracts and agreements
  - Implementing agencies: MAEP, other bodies
  - Budget: 0.1, 0, 0, 0.1
  - Priority: H

### 3. Implementation of land use guarantees and rights
- Objectives:
  - 1. Issuance of land registry certificates granting land-use rights: for peasant farms (10,000 in 3 years); household farming plots (180,000); private subsidiary farms of individuals (9,000); non-agricultural facilities (9,000)
  - 2. Land share certificates (30,000)
  - 3. Introduction on a pilot basis of a uniform approach to the registration of land and real property
- 3.1 Make amendments to the legislation on simplification and enhanced transparency of procedures for the registration and strengthening of land-use rights
  - Outputs: Amendments to the Land Code adopted. Lower costs associated with the preparation of documents granting land-use rights. Reduction in the seizure of land from peasant farmers
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, MAEP, other bodies
  - Budget: 0.2, 0, 0.2
  - Donors/Partners: WP, ADB, FAO, USAID
  - Priority: 0
- 3.2 Devise and establish a uniform mechanism for the registration of land-use rights
  - Outputs: A uniform land-use register established and updated. Reduction in the seizure of land from peasant farmers
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, MAEP, other bodies
  - Budget: 5.0, 5.0
  - Priority: H
- 3.3 Complete the total reorganization of farms and the subsequent restructuring
  - Outputs: Peasants enjoy all land-use rights. Increase in production output
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, MAEP, other bodies
  - Budget: 0.3, 0.3
  - Donors: WB, ADB, FAO, USAID
  - Priority: 0
- 3.4 Perform soil studies and land assessment and prepare proposals for a uniform land tax rate
  - Outputs: Fair taxation depending on soil productivity
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, MAEP, MDS
  - Budget: 11.8, 0.6, 0.0, 11.2
  - Priority: H
- 3.5 Perform regular monitoring of compliance with equal land-use rights and related guarantees
  - Outputs: Number of peasant farms broken down by gender of the head of the farm. Average size of owner-operated farms, broken down by gender of the head of the farm. Production output of peasant (owner-operated) farms as a whole and by administrative territories (thous. somoni) with a breakdown by the gender of the farm manager
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, CFWA
  - Budget: 1.9, 0, 0.0, 1.9
  - Donors/Partners: UNIFEM, FAO, Canadian International Development Agency
  - Priority: H
- 3.6 Conduct public information and educational campaigns to promote equal access to resources and equal economic rights
  - Outputs: Improvement in the legal and economic literacy of the rural population. Establishment and development of local information and consulting centres
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, CFWA
  - Priority: H
- 3.7 Prepare proposals to ensure the use of agricultural land for agricultural purposes, establishing sanctions for its improper use
  - Outputs: Agricultural land used for its designated purpose
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, MAEP
  - Budget: 0.1, 0, 0, 0.1
  - Priority: H
- 3.8 Assist in the establishment of voluntary associations for the management of land resources and the protection of farmers’ land-use rights
  - Outputs: Farmers provided with the necessary information on land-use rights
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, MAEP, other bodies
  - Budget: 0.3, 0, 0.3
  - Donors: WB, ADB, FAO, USAID
  - Priority: 0

### 4. Improvement in the condition and increase in the effectiveness of the agricultural infrastructure and management of water resources
- Objectives:
  - 1. Restoration of agricultural land that has been taken out of use (thous. hectares)
  - 2. Reduction in the degree of salinization and swamping of soils (%)
  - 3. Determination of responsibility for the use and maintenance of the agricultural infrastructure at all levels
- 4.1 Rehabilitate and restore irrigation and drainage systems (based on a preliminary survey), develop new land and provide support for the establishment of WUAs for the management of water resources
  - Outputs: Improvement in the quality of water supply services. Length of restored irrigation systems. Number of WUAs
  - Implementing agencies: MRWR, ALGC
  - Budget: 2.2, 0, 0, 2.2
  - Priority: P
- 4.2 Conduct an inventory of unsupervised facilities in the social sphere, transportation, irrigation, etc., so they can be placed under the authority of other appropriate agencies
  - Outputs: Number of new owners. All property has owners
  - Implementing agencies: MAEP, MRWR, local authorities, other bodies
  - Budget: 0.6, 0, 0, 0.6
  - Priority: P
- 4.3 Plant trees and shrubs and utilize crop rotation, etc., to improve soil quality and reduce erosion and desertification
  - Outputs: Increase in the area of land in use and improvement of soil fertility
  - Implementing agencies: ALGC, MAEP, local authorities
  - Budget: 0.9, 0, 0.00, 0.9
  - Priority: P

*Source: _cr0982 - 4.2 Support for the development of priority sectors of industry*

### 4.4 Rehabilitate the agricultural sector

### 4.4 Rehabilitate the agricultural sector

### Summary of projects, objectives, implementing bodies, and budgeted amounts
- 4.4 Investments attracted.
  - Objective: Investments attracted.
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, local authorities
  - Figures: 29.4; 4.4; 25; ADB; 0

- Water supply for agricultural land restored (appears linked to 4.5 heading).
  - (No explicit line-item numbers adjacent other than those under 4.5–4.6; see below.)

- 4.5 Restore irrigation systems
  - Objective: Irrigation systems restored and functioning normally
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, local authorities
  - Figures: 21.21; 4.21; 17; ADB; 0

- 4.6 Establish proper organization of water resources management in the Fergana Valley
  - Objective: Proper use of water resources ensured
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, local authorities
  - Figures: 14.174; 1.174; 13; WB; 0

- 4.7 Provide for irrigation of the Dangara Valley (phase 2)
  - Objective: Second phase of the irrigation of the Dangara Valley completed
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, local authorities
  - Figures: 4.95; 0.45; 4.5; IDB; 0

- 4.8 Provide for irrigation of the Dangara Valley (phase 3)
  - Objective: Third phase of the irrigation of the Dangara Valley begun
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, local authorities
  - Figures: 3.3; 0.3; 3; IDB; 0

- 4.9 Prepare feasibility study for the Chubek canal project
  - Objective: Feasibility study for the Chubek canal project prepared
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, local authorities
  - Figures: 0.36; 0; 0.36; IDB; 0

- 4.10 Prepare feasibility study for the Dagana-Gumysh-Yasuman irrigation canal project
  - Objective: Feasibility study for the canal project completed
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, local authorities
  - Figures: 0.36; 0; 0.36; IDB; 0

- 4.11 Implement the Dagana-Gumysh-Yasuman farm irrigation project in Rasht District
  - Objective: Planned list of measures carried out
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, local authorities, other bodies
  - Figures: 2.3; 0.12; 0; 2.18; IDB; H

- 4.12 Implement a flood control and restoration project in Khatlon Province
  - Objective: Planned list of measures carried out
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, MAEP, other bodies
  - Figures: 10.8; 1.8; 9; ADB; 0

- 4.13 Develop community farming and watershed management
  - Objective: Planned list of measures carried out
  - Implementing bodies: MRWR, other bodies
  - Figures: 6.188; 0.18; 6.008; WB; 0

- 4.14 Implement a project to develop irrigated land in the Rasht Valley
  - Objective: Planned list of measures carried out
  - Implementing bodies: MAEP, MRWR, local authorities, other bodies
  - Figures: 4.25; 0.25; 0; 4; H

### Cross-cutting points (from adjacent agricultural sector items)
- Projects involve multiple development partners: ADB, WB, IDB appear as financiers/partners across entries.
- Several items are feasibility studies with small allocated amounts: 0.36; 0.36 for canal project studies (IDB).
- Larger rehabilitation and implementation projects show amounts such as 29.4; 21.21; 14.174; 10.8; 6.188; 4.95; 3.3.

*Source: _cr0982 - 4.4 Rehabilitate the agricultural sector*

### 2.6 Upgrade the institutional, regulatory-legal and personnel base with regard to purchasing, financial management, repo

### 2.6 Upgrade the institutional, regulatory-legal and personnel base with regard to purchasing, financial management, reporting and monitoring of financing in the education sector

### Strengthen fiduciary capacity and purchasing/financial management
- Plan to Increase the Fiduciary Potential of the education sector prepared and implemented.
- Responsible: MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.760, 0.000, 0.300, WB, CF, 0.460.

### Regulate fee-based services at public secondary institutions
- Regulatory act adopted and implementation mechanism in place to regulate the delivery of fee-based services at secondary educational institutions.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.010, 0.000, 0.000, 0.010.
- Status: P.

### Promote private pre-school and other private educational institutions
- Target indicator: Number of private pre-school institutions.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF, SCI, MEDT, MOJ, local authorities, CFWA.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.050, 0.000, 0.000, 0.050.
- Status: H.
- Specific numeric target noted: 175 private pre-school and other educational institutions.
- Additional indicators: Proportion of children attending pre-school institutions (as a % of total number of pre-school age children). Increase in the number of children attending private educational institutions by level of education.

### Attract FDI to develop private pre-school and other educational institutions
- Output: Negotiations held with potential investors and necessary funds raised.
- Responsible: MOE, CFWA, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 30.000, 0.000, 0.000, 30.000.

### Improve methodological and personnel support for the educational system
- Objective: Scientifically based study plans and curricula in use at secondary educational institutions. Increase in the proportion of teachers with higher education in teacher training fields.

3.1 Devise and optimize national state educational standards, study plans and curricula (stage 1)
- Indicators: Proportion of updated state standards, study plans and curricula for schools; Number of newly developed and approved standards, programmes and methods.
- Responsible: MOE, AS, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences (APS).
- Budgetary figures listed: 2.000, 0.000, 2.000, WB, CF, UNICEF (1.0), ADB (1.0), 0.000.

3.2 Improve preparation and publication of textbooks (transparency, effectiveness, quality)
- Output: Relevant legal act adopted and being implemented.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.009, 0.000, 0.000, 0.009.
- Partner: OSI.
- Status: P.

3.3 Prepare and publish 70 new textbook titles with a press run of 4.7 million units
- Indicator: Percentage of students supplied with new textbooks, based on need.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF.
- Budgetary figures listed: 11.840, 0.640, 11.200, ADB, WB (4.0) CF (7.2), 0.000.

3.4 Prepare a programme for teacher retraining and update teacher training programme
- Output: Programme approved and being implemented.
- Responsible: MOE, APS.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.020, 0.015, 0.005.
- Status: P.

3.5 Retrain teachers to enable teaching two or more subjects
- Indicator: Number of teaching staff (men and women) in urban and rural areas who have received retraining.
- Responsible: MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.210, 0.010, 0.200, GTC, 0.000.

3.6 Raise the qualifications of schoolteachers
- Indicator: Number of teachers (men and women) in urban and rural areas who have attended professional development and continuing education courses.
- Responsible: MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 2.370, 0.530, 1.840, OSI, GTC (0.24), CF (1.6), 0.000.

3.7 Establish Independent National Centre for Quality Assessment in General Secondary Education
- Output: Educational quality assessment institution established and certified.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF.
- Budgetary figures listed: 3.010, 0.000, 0.305, GTC (0.29), UNICEF (0.015), 2.705.
- Note: 0.5 – GTC contribution under items 3.4-3.7.
- Status: P.

3.8 Study feasibility of introducing a standard state examination
- Output: Report prepared.
- Responsible: MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.300, 0.000, 0.015, UNICEF, 0.285, UNDP, OSI.
- Status: P.

3.9 Create incentives to attract young specialists (up to age 30) with pedagogical education
- Indicators: Percentage of young specialists with higher/secondary pedagogical education for whom incentives have been established.
- Responsible: Local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.010, 0.000, 0.010.
- Status: P.

3.10 Prepare conceptual framework for development of rural schools and implementation plan
- Output: Conceptual framework prepared and being implemented.
- Responsible: MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.010, 0.000, 0.010.
- Status: P.

3.11 Improve on-the-job training programmes (stage 1)
- Output: Additions made to study plans and curricula based on MOE board decision.
- Responsible: MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.200, 0.000, 0.200.
- Status: H.

3.12 Implement educational programme for parents on caring for and educating pre-school children
- Outputs: Programme and concrete plan approved; Number of publications and media programs.
- Responsible: MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.040, 0.000, 0.030, UNICEF, 0.010.
- Status: P.

### Improve access to education for girls, boys, and vulnerable children
- Overall target: Attendance at secondary educational institutions raised to 91%.

4.1 Survey on coverage and reasons for declining school attendance; strategy to promote education of girls
- Indicator: Proportion of boys and girls in urban and rural areas who do not attend school.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 1.700, 0.000, 1.500, UNICEF, 0.200, OSI.
- Status: H.

4.2 Survey effectiveness of school meals; targeted programme and daily hot meal for elementary grades
- Indicator: Proportion of students in elementary grades receiving hot meals.
- Responsible: MOE, MOH, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 14.800, 5.600, 7.100, WFP, 2.040, WFP contribution in 2007.
- Status: H.

4.3 Provide material assistance to needy children for supplies, shoes, clothing
- Indicators: Percentage of children receiving material assistance; Percentage who dropped out but returned.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF, MLSW.
- Budgetary figures listed: 1.800, 0.000, 0.500, UNICEF, 1.300.
- Status: H.

4.4 Quotas to ease access for orphans and vulnerable children to basic, secondary and higher vocational education
- Indicator: Percentage enrolled under a quota by level of education.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF, MLSW.
- Budgetary figures listed: 1.700, 0.000, 1.500, UNICEF, 0.200.
- Status: H.

4.5 Improve admission mechanism under Presidential quota for rural youth to higher education and subsequent employment at local educational institutions
- Indicators: Young women and men from rural areas as percentage of students admitted; Percentage working at educational institutions in respective district.
- Responsible: MOE, higher education institutions, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.010, 0.000, 0.010.
- Status: P.

4.6 Establish social scholarships for high-achieving young women from poor families in higher education
- Indicator: Percentage of young women from poor families receiving social scholarships.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF, MLSW.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.058, 0.029, 0.029.
- Status: P.

4.7 Inclusive education framework and measures for children with physical disabilities (stage 1)
- Indicator: Percentage of disabled children with access to secondary education.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF, MLSW.
- Budgetary figures listed: 1.700, 0.000, 1.500, UNICEF, 0.200.
- Status: H.

### Improve material and technical base of the education sector
- Objective: Increase proportion of capital investments in total spending; raise proportion of secondary educational institutions meeting standards for equipment, furniture, vehicles.

5.1 Establish new schools
- Indicators: Number of schools built and equipped; Amount of additional capacity created for students.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 30.4, 4.8, 19.6, 6.031.
- Components: construction of school buildings — 23.904, 2.650, 17.370 from ADB, WB SFD IDB CF KfW, 3.884 (H); purchase of classroom furniture — 3.840, 0.084, 2.240 ADB, WB, SFD, IDB, CF, 1.516 (H).

- Purchase of equipment for cafeterias: 0.300, 0.011, ADB, WB, SFD, IDB, CF, 0.289 (H).
- Purchase of classroom and laboratory equipment: 2.400, 2.058, ADB, WB, SFD, IDB, CF, 0.342 (H).

5.2 Rehabilitate and renovate existing schools
- Indicator: Capacity for students at schools after renovation.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 9.450, 0.990, 3.650, ADB, WB, CF, KfW, 4.810.
- Status: H.

5.3 Add classrooms to schools
- Indicator: Amount of additional capacity created for students.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 9.000, 0.900, 2.100, ADB, WB, KfW, 6.000.
- Status: H.

5.4 Purchase classroom and laboratory equipment for schools
- Target: 100% of curriculum-based equipment needs met.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 2.520, 1.000, 1.500, CF, 0.020.
- Status: H.

5.5 Provide more schools with computers
- Indicator: Computers purchased as a proportion of the curriculum-based need.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.760, 0.760, ADB, 0.000.

5.6 Purchase classroom furniture for schools
- Indicator: Proportion of schools provided with new furniture.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 3.587, 0.156, 2.946, ADB, WB, CF, KfW, 0.485.
- Status: H.

5.7 Supply schools with water and pumps
- Indicator: Proportion of schools supplied with water.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 1.500, 1.500, UNICEF, 0.000.

5.8 Take heat conservation measures at schools (partial glazing, etc.)
- Indicator: Proportion of schools supplied with heating.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 4.000, 4.000.
- Status: P.

5.9 Build separate toilets at schools
- Indicator: Proportion of schools with separate toilets.
- Responsible: MOE, MOF, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.600, 0.030, 0.570, ADB, WB, CF, 0.000.

5.10 Purchase equipment for cafeterias
- Indicator: Proportion of schools provided with cafeteria equipment.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.960, 0.000, 0.050, CF, 0.910.
- Status: H.

5.11 Implement the Computerization of Secondary Schools project
- Output: Planned list of measures carried out.
- Responsible: MOE, local authorities.
- Budgetary figures listed: 16.587, 5.587, 11.000.
- Status: H.

5.12 Implement the Comprehensive Sectoral Approach project
- Output: Planned list of measures carried out.
- Responsible: MOE, other bodies.
- Budgetary figures listed: 3.500, 0.000, 0.000, 3.500, WB.
- Status: H.

- Total budgetary figures for the education section: 157.861, 20.431, 61.751, 0.000, 75.680.

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### SCIENCE

### Increase impact of science and technology on socio-economic development; reform institutional system of science
- Objective: Scientific management system reformed. Regulatory-legal acts adopted.

6.1 Horizontal functional survey of state institutions involved in scientific process
- Output: Report prepared and practical recommendations adopted.
- Responsible: AS, MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.027, 0.000, 0.000, 0.027.
- Status: H.

6.2 Vertical survey to optimize functioning and encourage partial self-support
- Output: Report prepared and practical recommendations adopted.
- Responsible: AS, MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.027, 0.000, 0.000, 0.027.
- Status: H.

6.3 Integrate academic, applied and higher education science
- Indicator: Increase in the number of joint developments completed.
- Responsible: AS, MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.250, 0.000, 0.000, 0.250.
- Status: H.

6.4 Consider career and financial incentives for most cited scientists
- Output: Regulatory legal acts on incentives adopted.
- Responsible: AS, MOE.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.100, 0.000, 0.000, 0.100.
- Status: H.

7.1 Distribute funds and financing for scientific research on a competitive basis
- Indicator: Research financed on a competitive basis as a proportion of the number of current scientific research projects.
- Responsible: AS, MEDT, MOF.
- Budgetary figures listed: 0.100, 0.000, 0.000, 0.100.
- Status: H.

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### 7. Concentrate scientific potential in priority fields of research that promote the country’s economic development

### 7. Concentrate scientific potential in priority fields of research that promote the country’s economic development

### Objectives and indicators
- Increase in the proportion of scientific developments introduced in the real sector of the economy.
- Key actions, responsible agencies, and numeric indicator values as listed:

  - 7.2 Create favourable conditions and provide tax and customs concessions to encourage investment in science  
    - Indicator: Extrabudgetary financing as a proportion of total funding for scientific activity  
    - Agencies: AS, MEDT, MOF  
    - Numeric values: 0.100, 0.000, 0.000, 0.100  
    - Status code: H

  - 7.3 Selection of new high-yield adaptive varieties and hybrids of agricultural crops  
    - Indicator: Number of new varieties, hybrids, etc. developed  
    - Agencies: AS, AAS  
    - Numeric values: 0.500, 0.000, 0.000, 0.500  
    - Status code: H

  - 7.4 Experimental introduction of biotechnology methods in agriculture  
    - Indicator: New varieties developed  
    - Agencies: AS, AAS, MAEP  
    - Numeric values: 0.800, 0.000, 0.000, 0.800  
    - Status code: H

  - 7.5 Development and/or adaptation of environmentally safe, resource-saving intensive technologies in the cotton, grain and potato sectors of agriculture  
    - Indicator: Number of new technologies  
    - Agencies: AAS, MAEP  
    - Numeric values: 0.700, 0.000, 0.000, 0.700  
    - Status code: H

  - 7.6 Develop methods for the prevention and treatment of especially hazardous diseases among livestock using new drugs  
    - Indicator: New drugs in use  
    - Agencies: AAS, MAEP  
    - Numeric values: 0.600, 0.000, 0.000, 0.600  
    - Status code: P

  - 7.7 Prepare practical recommendations for the comprehensive and efficient use of Tajikistan’s water resources and trans-border water resources  
    - Indicator: Recommendations prepared  
    - Agencies: AS, MRWR  
    - Numeric values: 0.120, 0.000, 0.000, 0.120  
    - Status code: P

  - 7.8 Prepare an inventory of the use of non-traditional renewable environmentally clean energy sources (solar, wind energy, hydropower on small rivers, geothermal sources and biomass), and new methods for their conversion and storage  
    - Indicator: Inventories prepared  
    - Agencies: AS, MEI  
    - Numeric values: 0.540, 0.000, 0.000, 0.540  
    - Status code: H

  - 7.9 Develop environmentally clean technologies for the comprehensive processing of mineral raw materials and waste recycling, and technologies for waste water treatment and the neutralization of industrial waste  
    - Indicator: Proposals prepared and presented to the Government  
    - Agencies: AS, MP  
    - Numeric values: 0.330, 0.000, 0.000, 0.330  
    - Status code: H

  - 7.10 Introduce developments aimed at creating modern chemical technologies and materials, and their application in industry  
    - Indicator: Use in industry  
    - Agencies: AS, MP  
    - Numeric values: 0.580, 0.000, 0.000, 0.580  
    - Status code: P

  - 7.11 Develop methods and technologies for the production of drugs based on local raw materials  
    - Indicator: Two methods and technologies developed  
    - Agencies: AS, MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.220, 0.000, 0.000, 0.220  
    - Status code: H

  - 7.12 Continue monitoring of biological diversity and biological security  
    - Indicator: Practical recommendations presented regularly to the Government  
    - Agencies: AS, MOH, MAEP  
    - Numeric values: 0.160, 0.000, 0.000, 0.160  
    - Status code: H

  - 7.13 Perform monitoring of the radiation safety of the biosphere, the population and the environment  
    - Indicator: Practical recommendations presented regularly to the Government  
    - Agencies: AS, MOH, MAEP  
    - Numeric values: 0.580, 0.000, 0.000, 0.580  
    - Status code: H

### Aggregate figures (section totals)
- Total (section 7 and related lines): 9.303, 0.200, 0.500, 0.000, 8.603
- Total for the education and science sector (broader): 167.165, 20.631, 62.251, 0.000, 84.283

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### 8. Improve the material and technical base of the science sector

### Objective and indicator
- Increase in capital investments as a proportion of total spending, including external financing.

### Key actions, indicators, agencies, and numeric values

  - 8.1 Repair, renovate and modernize priority scientific research institutes  
    - Indicator: Proportion of facilities renovated  
    - Agencies: AS, MOF, MEDT, IAEA  
    - Numeric values: 0.700, 0.200, 0.500, IAEA, 0.000

  - 8.2 Repair and modernize the Astrophysics Institute’s astronomical observatories for joint use (Gissar Astronomical Observatory, Sanglokh International Astronomical Observatory, Pamir Solar Astronomical Complex)  
    - Indicator: Proportion of facilities renovated and rehabilitated  
    - Agencies: AS, MOF, MEDT  
    - Numeric values: 0.150, 0.000, 0.000, 0.150  
    - Status code: H

  - 8.3 Restore the national network of seismic monitoring stations (stage 1) and creation of a continuous system for real-time monitoring of major HPPs  
    - Indicator: Stations restored as a percentage of the total  
    - Agencies: AS, MOF, MEDT  
    - Numeric values: 0.600, 0.000, 0.000, 0.600  
    - Status code: H

  - 8.4 Perform a comprehensive analysis of the seismic safety of the Nurek, Rogun and Sangtuda HPPs and other major infrastructure facilities  
    - Indicator: Analysis performed and practical recommendations presented to the Government  
    - Agency: AS  
    - Numeric values: 0.800, 0.000, 0.000, 0.800  
    - Status code: P

  - 8.5 Rebuild the Dushanbe, Khorog, Khudzhand and Kulyab botanical gardens, zoos and geological museums and the botanical herbarium of the Academy of Sciences  
    - Indicator: Number of facilities rebuilt  
    - Agencies: AS, MOF, MEDT  
    - Numeric values: 0.350, 0.000, 0.000, 0.350  
    - Status code: P

  - 8.6 Provide instruments, equipment and reagents for high-priority areas of scientific research  
    - Indicator: Percentage of need met  
    - Agencies: AS, MOF, MEDT  
    - Numeric values: 0.570, 0.000, 0.000, 0.570  
    - Status code: H

  - 8.7 Ensure that high-priority scientific research institutes are connected to the Internet  
    - Indicator: Number of institutions connected to the Internet  
    - Agencies: AS, MOF  
    - Numeric values: 0.400, 0.000, 0.000, 0.400  
    - Status code: H

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### 8 (continued) — Development of the health care system (selected entries)

### High-level goals
- Reduction in maternal and child mortality and in infectious diseases, and elimination of certain infections that can be controlled by vaccination.
- Increase in effectiveness of management and financing system; increase in the proportion of state budget spending on health care to 7.5%.

### Selected program actions, indicators, partners, and numeric values

  - 1.1 Prepare a medium-term management and financing system  
    - Indicator: Effective use of budget funds  
    - Agencies: MOH, MOF, MEDT  
    - Numeric values: 0

  - 1.2 Introduce the Basic Programme to Provide Medical and Public Health Care in pilot regions  
    - Indicator: Percentage of population covered by the Basic Programme  
    - Agencies: MOH, MOF, MEDT  
    - Numeric values: 2.08, 2.08  
    - External partners: WB, ADB, Health Plus SDC  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 1.3 Introduce per capita financing of primary health care and clinical cost groups in pilot regions  
    - Indicator: Per capita financing introduced at primary health care institutions and clinical cost groups at hospitals in pilot regions  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.12, 0.12  
    - External partners: WB, SDC  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 1.4 Introduce the family practice model, update the regulatory legal base and raise qualifications of primary health care personnel (pilot basis)  
    - Indicators: Family practice model introduced in pilot regions; all employees responsible for management trained  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 3.64, 3.64  
    - External partners: WB, ADB, Aga Khan Fund, SDC  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 1.5 Set up a unit within the MOH for policy analysis and maintaining dialogue with stakeholders  
    - Indicator: Existence of a structural unit responsible for development and analysis of health care policy  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.34, 0.34  
    - External partners: WB, SDC, SIDA  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 1.6 Create a system of interconnected health care data bases in pilot regions  
    - Indicators: System introduced and being used; number of specialists trained  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.10, 0.10  
    - External partners: WB, ADB, WHO, Health Plus  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 1.7 Study the pharmaceutical market and the sale of medicines  
    - Indicator: Analytical report and practical recommendations prepared  
    - Agencies: MOH, MOF  
    - Numeric values: 0.5, 0, 0, 0.5  
    - External partner: ADB  
    - Status code: P

  - 1.8 Provide for the purchasing and distribution of medicines on a tender basis as part of implementation of the universal free primary health care programme  
    - Indicator: First- and second-tier institutions in pilot regions supplied with medicines for implementation of the universal free primary health care programme  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.96, 0.96  
    - External partners: ADB, ECO/ICPWB  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 1.11 Introduce a system to protect the rights of consumers of medical services  
    - Indicator: Number of complaints resolved  
    - Agencies: MOH, MOJ  
    - Numeric values: 0.015, 0.01, Health Plus, 0.005  
    - Status code: P

  - 2.1 Simplification of the licensing system for medical services  
    - Indicator: Changes made in the relevant regulatory legal base  
    - Agencies: MOH, MOF, MOJ  
    - Numeric values: 0.06, 0.06  
    - External partner: ADB  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 3.1 Raise the qualifications of medical personnel and improve the material and technical base and supply of medicines for primary health care institutions needed to provide safe motherhood services  
    - Indicators: Over 75% of specialists at primary health care level trained in safe motherhood issues and emergency obstetrical care; number and percentage of medical institutions supplied; number of functioning referral centres; proportion of pregnant women and newborns receiving skilled care; maternity and neonatal care institutions in Khatlon Province supplied with necessary equipment  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.79, 0.016, 0.77  
    - External partners: ADB, UNICEF, WHO, Aga Khan Fund, UNFPA, Germany (KfW)  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 3.2 Develop and introduce protocols for safe motherhood and neonatal care at all levels of health care  
    - Indicators: Number and percentage of medical personnel trained; existence of monitoring and assessment mechanisms; regulation on assessing quality of neonatal care; number and percentage of medical institutions using SM protocols  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.45, 0.45  
    - External partners: UNICEF, WHO, Aga Khan Fund, UNFPA  
    - Numeric value (additional column): 0

  - 3.4 Carry out informational and educational measures on Safe Motherhood and obstetrical and neonatal care issues  
    - Indicators: 75% of primary health care institutions providing basic neonatal care; numbers trained; number of NGOs/volunteers participating; number of people covered  
    - Agencies: MOH, CFWA  
    - Numeric values: 0.09, 0.08, UNICEF, WHO, Aga Khan Fund, Health Plus, Save the Children (USA), 0.01  
    - Status code: H

  - 3.5 Include family planning, reproductive health and other issues in the Healthy Lifestyle school curriculum  
    - Indicators: Availability of a textbook; number of schools with an integrated programme; number of teachers trained and certified  
    - Agencies: MOH, MOE  
    - Numeric values: 0.098, 0.030, UNFPA, Aga Khan Fund, 0.068  
    - Status code: H

  - 3.6 Establish a public dialogue on reproductive health issues (including STDs among adolescents)  
    - Indicators: Number of meetings, campaigns, press conferences, televised debates, radio quiz shows; number of materials prepared; number of informational materials and training sessions on family planning, reproductive rights and other issues  
    - Agencies: MOH, CFWA  
    - Numeric values: 0.279, 0.001, 0.271, UNICEF, WHO, Aga Khan Fund, UNFPA, 0.007  
    - Status code: H

  - 3.7 Develop and introduce adapted standards, protocols and instruments for assessing the quality of services related to family planning  
    - Indicators: Existence of assessment standards, protocols and instruments; number of training sessions held; quality assessment reports for family planning services  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.111, 0.096, UNFPA, WHO, Aga Khan Fund, 0.015  
    - Status code: H

  - 3.8 Supply primary health care and reproductive health institutions with necessary equipment, contraceptives and informational materials to provide family planning services  
    - Indicators: Number and percentage of primary health care institutions with equipment; availability of at least three types of modern contraceptives and informational materials; number of coordination meetings; number of national and regional MOH specialists trained; availability of assessment reports; number of administrators/managers trained in optimal use of contraceptives  
    - Agency: MOH  
    - Numeric values: 0.603, 0.576, UNFPA, Aga Khan Fund, 0.027  
    - Status code: H

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### 3.9 Increase the potential of national and provincial reproductive health centres to perform regular monitoring and qual

### 3.9 Increase the potential of national and provincial reproductive health centres to perform regular monitoring and quality assessment of services and qualifications of family planning specialists

### Service quality and personnel qualifications
- Availability of an instrument to assess the qualifications of personnel in the field of family planning and reproductive health.
- Number and frequency of recertification processes for family planning specialists.
- Responsible: MOH, local authorities.
- Numerical entries: 0.00, 0.0015, 0.005, Aga Khan Fund 0.0025.

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### 3.10 Improve access for adolescents to reproductive health, family planning and youth-friendly services

### Utilization, capacity, and training
- Indicators:
  - Number of adolescents utilizing youth-friendly services (broken down by gender).
  - Number of clinics and consultation centres that provide youth-friendly services related to STDs.
  - Number of specialists trained and certified in providing services based on YFS principles.
- Responsible: MOH, CFWA, CYST, MOE.
- Numerical entries: 0.048, 0.025; UNICEF WHO UNFPA 0.023.
- Additional indicator: Number of training courses held and specialists trained, as well as measures to inform adolescents of youth-friendly services.
- Numeric note: 191; H classification.

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### 3.11 Ensure access for women and children to fortified and enriched food products and products with added micronutrients

### Coverage, treatment, education, and supplementation
- Indicators:
  - Percentage of women using fortified and enriched food products.
  - Percentage of children up to the age of five treated at therapeutic feeding centres.
  - Number of informational and educational measures carried out to modify eating habits.
  - Number of people receiving iron and vitamin A supplements at primary health care institutions.
  - Publication and dissemination of informational materials on regulating the interval between births to reduce incidence of anaemia among mothers and newborns.
- Responsible: MOH, MAEP.
- Numerical entries: 0.676, 0.0015, 0.670.
- Partners and contributions: UNICEF, WHO, Aga Khan Fund, WFP, UNFPA, Health Plus 0.0045; classification H.

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### 3.12 Study factors in and causes of the high maternal and child mortality rate

### Research and recommendations
- Deliverable: Research performed, analytical report and practical recommendations prepared.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 0.067, 0.001, 0.062.
- Partners and contributions: UNICEF, WHO, Aga Khan Fund 0.004; classification H.

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### 3.13 Promote the spread of the practice of breastfeeding babies exclusively

### BFHI implementation and promotion
- Indicators:
  - Number and percentage of hospitalized babies who have received medical care according to the BFHI principle.
  - Implementation of the Law on the Protection of Breastfeeding.
  - Number of activities carried out to promote breastfeeding.
- Numerical entries: 0.128, 0.002, 0.122.
- Partners and contributions: UNICEF, WHO, Aga Khan Fund, Counter-part 0.004; classification H.

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### 3.14 Transition to international perinatal criteria and improve registration of births and infant deaths (WHO recommended)

### Training, equipment, staffing, and reporting
- Indicators:
  - Number of training courses held.
  - Medical personnel who have received training as a percentage of total number of medical personnel.
  - Maternity homes supplied with necessary equipment as a percentage of the total.
  - Percentage of maternity homes provided with the necessary reporting and registration forms.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 0.215, 0.001, 0.107.
- Partners and contributions: SDC, UNICEF, Aga Khan Fund 0.107; classification H.

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### 3.15 Expand introduction of WHO/UNICEF integrated management of childhood diseases (IMCI)

### Training, parent education, monitoring
- Indicators:
  - Number of training courses held.
  - Percentage of parents with skills to care for small children.
  - Existence of a monitoring and reporting system.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 0.39, 0.355, UNICEF 0.035; partners: WHO, Aga Khan Fund; classification H.
- Note: "Not more than 2,500 people" (contextual cap).

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### 4. Campaign against HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, parasitic diseases and vaccine-preventable infections

### 4.1 Raise public awareness of prevention of especially dangerous infectious diseases
- Indicators:
  - Number of training courses held.
  - Number of articles, roundtables and reports in the mass media.
  - Percentage of blood donation and AIDS centres permanently equipped with diagnostic devices.
  - Level of public awareness of malaria prevention.
  - Percentage of population familiar with the symptoms of tuberculosis.
  - Percentage of patients who know the duration of treatment and treatment regimens.
  - Level of public awareness of the importance of immunization and the prevention of infectious diseases (%).
- Responsible: MOH, MOE.
- Numerical entries: 6.30, 0.30, 4.79.
- Partners and contributions: UNDP, GF 1.214091; WB, ADB, UNAIDS, WHO, AIDS Foundation, East-West, other donors, Aga Khan Fund, Project Capacity, SINO, Caritas.
- Target reductions and objectives listed:
  1. Proportion of the population infected with HIV.
  2. Reduction in the overall incidence of malaria to 20 per 100,000 people and final elimination of breeding grounds for tropical malaria.
  3. Reduction in the incidence of tuberculosis to 145 per 100,000 people.
  4. Reduction in the incidence of parasitic diseases to not more than 292.2 per 100,000 people.
  5. Control and elimination of measles.
- Monitoring indicators enumerated (HIV knowledge, DOTS coverage, malaria knowledge, intestinal parasite prevention knowledge, health care spending on immunization, immunization rate for children up to the age of 1 year at 95%, maintain polio-free status).

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### 4.2 Reduce stigma and discrimination related to high-risk groups and foster positive public opinion about HIV/AIDS prevention programmes
- Indicators:
  - Epidemiological supervision and oversight system functioning correctly and publishing regular reports.
  - Percentage of population informed about HIV/AIDS and with the appropriate attitude.
  - Implementation of the law and sublegal acts.
- Responsible: MOH, MOJ.
- Numerical entries: 5.3, 0.01, 4.45.
- Partners and contributions: UNDP, GF, ADB, UNAIDS, WHO, other donors, Aga Khan Fund 0.84; classification H.

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### 4.3 Raise the level of public awareness of STDs
- Indicator: Number of informational materials on STDs distributed, with emphasis on labour migrants and their family members as potential risk groups.
- Responsible: MOH, MOE.
- Numerical entry: 0.

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### 4.4 Improve epidemiological monitoring, strengthen routine immunization, introduce tetanus and rubella vaccine, improve cold chain and integration
- Indicators:
  - Number and percentage of outbreaks identified at early stages.
  - Number of mobile teams created and fully functioning.
  - Report on the mapping of danger zones.
  - Incidence of diphtheria, measles and rubella.
  - Immunization rate for target groups.
  - Percentage of treatment and preventive care institutions equipped with refrigeration equipment for the storage of vaccines.
  - New vaccines introduced.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 0.43, 0.24, UNDP GF WHO 0.189125; classification H.

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### 4.5 Raise qualifications at tropical disease and parasitology units to combat malaria and parasitic diseases
- Indicators:
  - Number of training courses held.
  - Number and percentage of specialists trained in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of malaria.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 0.72, 0.54, UNDP GF WHO 0.178979; classification H.

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### 4.6 Establish sustainable access and coverage for persons needing antiviral therapy (AVT)
- Indicator: Coverage of persons infected with HIV who are in need of AVT.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 2.4, 0.1, 1.54.
- Partners and contributions: UNDP, GF, ADB, WHO, other donors 0.765; classification H.

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### 4.7 Treatment, prevention, organizational and technical measures to combat malaria
- Indicators:
  - Number of breeding grounds where the danger of infection has been eliminated.
  - Percentage of parasitology laboratories fully equipped and properly functioning.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 3.08, 0.35, 2.40, UNDP GF 0.336952; classification H.

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### 4.8 Measures to combat parasitic diseases
- Indicators:
  - Percentage of treated population exposed to infection risk.
  - Early diagnosis and proper treatment indicator.
  - Percentage of identified groups that have received anti-parasite treatment.
  - Number and percentage of laboratories fully equipped.
- Responsible: MOH, MOE.
- Numerical entries: 1.70, 0.05.
- Partners and contributions: Other donors, WFP, Aga Khan Fund 1.644614; classification H.

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### 4.9 Measures to combat tuberculosis (DOTS and infrastructure)
- Indicators:
  - Percentage of medical personnel trained in the DOTS strategy.
  - Percentage of identification and treatment of newly identified patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis with a positive smear (MT+).
  - Level of availability (%) of reserve supplies of the entire list of anti-TB drugs.
  - Macheton National Hospital renovated and equipped.
  - Medical and other equipment purchased for tuberculosis hospitals and the national DOTS centre in Dushanbe.
  - Establish and equip national reference laboratory.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 12.58, 0.11, 10.08.
- Partners and contributions: UNDP, GF, WHO, Aga Khan Fund, Project Capacity, SINO, Caritas, US Red Cross, Germany (KfW) 2.383227; classification H.

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### 4.10 Sustain high levels of immunization coverage using new vaccines
- Indicators:
  - Number/percentage of children that have received full immunization.
  - Incidence of diphtheria, measles and rubella.
  - Immunization coverage during mass campaigns against measles and diphtheria.
  - Percentage of laboratories provided with necessary equipment.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 6.63, 0.19, 0.88.
- Partners and contributions: Aga Khan Fund, WHO, JICA 6.660048; classification H.

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### 4.11 Strengthen promotion and implementation of the healthy lifestyle programme
- Indicators:
  - Number of training courses held.
  - Number of articles, roundtables and reports in the mass media.
  - Number of sectors involved in implementing the healthy lifestyle programme.
  - Percentage of specialists trained.
- Responsible: MOH, MOE, CYST, CFWA.
- Numerical entries: 0.64, 0.06, 0.55, 0.0377; classification H.

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### 5. Better training of personnel and strengthening of the material and technical base of the health care system

### Strategic objectives (summary lines)
- 1. Increase in the proportion of employees in the primary health care system who have gone through family medicine training courses.
- 2. Increase in the proportion of MOH employees at the central and local levels who have received training in per capita financing and management.
- 3. Ensure uninterrupted delivery of high-quality medicines to the health care system.
- 4. Proportion of health care institutions with equipment, furniture and vehicles that meet established standards.
- 5. Increase in capital investments as a proportion of total expenditures, including external financing.

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### 5.1 Train family doctors and nurses in pilot regions
- Indicators:
  - Number of family practitioners trained.
  - Family doctors as a proportion of the total number of doctors in pilot regions.
- Responsible: MOH.
- Numerical entries: 1.23, 1.23, WB 0.

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### 5.2 Raise qualifications of management personnel in new financing methods
- Indicator: Proportion of management personnel who have received training in the new financing methods.
- Responsible: MOH, MOF.
- Numerical entry: 0.

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### 5.3 Ensure uninterrupted delivery of high-quality medicines (general and subcomponents)

5.3.1 Neighbourhood Health Clinics
- Indicator: Basic medicines and consumables available at 1,718 Neighbourhood Health Clinic facilities.
- Responsible: MOH, MEDT.
- Numerical entries: 3.35, 0.35, 0.70; partners: ADB, Aga Khan Fund 2.3071; classification H.

5.3.2 Rural Health Centres
- Indicator: Basic medicines and consumables available at 739 Rural Health Centre facilities.
- Responsible: MOH, MEDT.
- Numerical entries: 4.43, 0.30, 0.21; partners: ADB, Aga Khan Fund 3.922; classification P.

5.3.3 District Health Centres (City Health Centres)
- Indicator: Basic medicines and consumables available at 112 District Health Centre (City Health Centre) facilities.
- Responsible: MOH, MEDT.
- Numerical entries: 6.57, 0.43, 0.00, 6.13312; classification P.

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### 5.4–5.14 Infrastructure, renovation, equipment, vehicles (selected highlights)

- 5.4 Build Neighbourhood Health Clinics
  - Indicator: Number built, percentage of total planned.
  - Responsible: MOH, MEDT.
  - Numerical entries: 2.10, 1.50; WB, ADB 0.603; classification H.

- 5.5 Major renovation of Neighbourhood Health Clinics
  - Numerical entries: 0.55, 0.09, 0.37; WB, ADB 0.095; classification H.

- 5.6 Provide Neighbourhood Health Clinics with medical equipment and furniture
  - Numerical entries: 0.92, 0.07, 0.67; WB, ADB 0.183; classification H.

- 5.7 Build Rural Health Centres
  - Numerical entries: 3.46, 1.24, 1.13; WB 1.08; classification H.

- 5.8 Major renovation of Rural Health Centres
  - Numerical entries: 2.40, 0.68, 0.91; WB, ADB 0.81; classification H.

- 5.9 Provide Rural Health Centres with medical equipment and furniture
  - Numerical entries: 3.18, 1.13, 1.91; WB, ADB, Aga Khan Fund 0.14125; classification H.

- 5.10 Provide Rural Health Centres with vehicles
  - Numerical entries: 1.65, 0.34, 0.40; WB 0.912; classification H.

- 5.11 Build District (City) Health Centres
  - Numerical entries: 0.83, 0.35, 0.25; WB 0.225; classification H.

- 5.12 Major renovation of District (City) Health Centres
  - Numerical entries: 1.20, 0.56, 0.22; WB, ADB 0.423; classification H.

- 5.13 Provide District (City) Health Centres with medical equipment and furniture
  - Numerical entries: 0.78, 0.41, 0.29; WB, ADB 0.074909; classification H.

- 5.14 Provide District (City) Health Centres with vehicles
  - Numerical entries: 0.27, 0.13, 0.07; WB 0.079996; classification H.

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### 5.15–5.19 Central hospitals and city hospitals

- 5.15 Build central district hospitals
  - Numerical entries: 4.70, 4.70, 0.

- 5.16 Major renovation of central district hospitals
  - Numerical entries: 3.33, 3.13, 0.20; ADB, Aga Khan Fund 0.

- 5.17 Provide central district hospitals with medical equipment and furniture
  - Numerical entries: 7.31, 5.33, 0.77; Aga Khan Fund Counter-part 1.2182694; classification H.

- 5.18 Provide central district hospitals with vehicles
  - Numerical entries: 0.76, 0.11, 0.00, 0.642; classification H.

- 5.19 Build city hospitals
  - Numerical entries: 0.65, 0.65; classification H.

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*Source: _cr0982 - 3.9 Increase the potential of national and provincial reproductive health centres to perform regular monitoring and qual*

### 5.20 Carry out major renovation of city hospitals

### _cr0982 - 5.20 Carry out major renovation of city hospitals

### Health sector investment and implementation status (projects 5.20–5.39)
- 5.20 Carry out major renovation of city hospitals  
  - Indicator: Number of city hospitals that have undergone major renovation, percentage of total number planned  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 0.62; 0.31; 0.00; 0.312  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.21 Provide city hospitals with medical equipment and furniture  
  - Indicator: Number of city hospitals that have been provided with medical equipment and furniture, percentage of total number planned  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 0.95; 0.06; 0.72; Counter-part 0.17123634  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.22 Provide city hospitals with vehicles  
  - Indicator: Number of city hospitals that have been provided with vehicles, percentage of total number planned  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 0.22; 0.07; 0.00; 0.144  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.23 Provide equipment to Dyakov Memorial National Hospital  
  - Indicator: Hospital provided with equipment  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 4.55; 4.55; JICA 0; 200 equipment to Dyakov Memorial National Hospital

- 5.24 Build an infectious diseases hospital in Dushanbe  
  - Indicator: Infectious diseases hospital built  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 11.40; 1.20; 10.20; IDB 0

- 5.25 Build state public health and epidemiological supervision centres  
  - Indicator: Number of state public health and epidemiological supervision centres built, percentage of total number planned  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 0.09; 0.05; 0.00; 0.045  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.26 Carry out major renovation of state public health and epidemiological supervision centres  
  - Indicator: Number of centres that have undergone major renovation, percentage of total planned  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 0.03; 0.00; 0.00; 0.03  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.27 Provide centres with medical and laboratory equipment and furniture  
  - Indicator: Number of centres equipped, percentage of total number planned  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 0.20; 0.07; 0.00; 0.136  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.28 Implement project to establish an interregional hospital in Dangara  
  - Indicator: Planned list of measures carried out  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 16.84; 0.99; 15.85; IDB; OPEC Fund 0

- 5.29 Modernize the emergency and urgent care service  
  - Indicator: Planned list of measures carried out  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 4.04; 0.37; 3.67; Saudi Fund for Development 0

- 5.30 Implement project to renovate Khatlon Provincial Hospital No. 2 in Kulyab  
  - Indicator: Planned list of measures carried out  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 1.70; 0.34; 0.00; 1.36  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.31 Develop trauma care services  
  - Indicator: Planned list of measures carried out  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 4.50; 0.90; 3.6  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.32 Upgrade and develop urological care  
  - Indicator: Planned list of measures carried out  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 3.58; 0.75; 0.00; 2.825  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.33 Organize an emergency medical evacuation service  
  - Indicator: Planned list of measures carried out  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 2.45; 0.50; 0.00; 1.95  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.34 Implement the Integrated Sectoral Approach project  
  - Indicator: Planned list of measures carried out  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 3.50; 0.00; 0.00; 3.5; WB  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.35 Renovate the Sogd Province Oncology Centre  
  - Indicator: Centre renovated  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 1.29; 0.00; 0.00; 1.29  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.36 Repair and provide equipment for the provincial clinical hospital in Khudzhand  
  - Indicator: Hospital repaired and equipped  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 0.56; 0.00; 0.00; 0.56  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.37 Establish a central ophthalmology centre  
  - Indicator: Centre established and functioning  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 1.00; 0.10; 0.00; 0.9  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.38 Upgrade the kidney stone treatment service  
  - Indicator: Service upgraded  
  - Agencies: MOH  
  - Figures: 1.60; 0.00; 0.00; 1.6  
  - Status marker: H

- 5.39 Provide vehicles for the public health and epidemiological supervision service  
  - Indicator: Planned work performed  
  - Agencies: MOH, MEDT  
  - Figures: 0.52; 0.04; 0.00; 0.482  
  - Status marker: H

- Aggregate figures for the health project block:  
  - Total: 160.8; 26.2; 82.2; 0.0; 52.4

### Social welfare and labour market reform program (selected measures and budgets)
- Overarching objectives:
  - 1. Lower the poverty rate to 52%  
  - 2. Lower the extreme poverty rate to 10%

- Institutional restructuring of the social welfare system (measure list)
  - 1.1 Draft a law on minimum state social standards  
    - Indicator: Law adopted. Sources of financing for its implementation identified  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
    - Status marker: H

  - 1.2 Conduct a complete functional (vertical and horizontal) survey of the management system of social welfare agencies  
    - Indicator: Functions and structure of administrative bodies and number of employees optimized  
    - Agency: EAP  
    - Figures: 1.80; 0; 0.40; 1.4  
    - Status marker: H

  - 1.3 Devise a conceptual framework and strategy for development of the social welfare system  
    - Indicator: Strategy prepared and approved  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MOH  
    - Figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
    - Status marker: H

  - 1.4 Creation of potential in institutional and financial management  
    - Indicator: Planned list of measures carried out  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MOE, MOH  
    - Figures: 1.20; 0; 1.20; TACIS 0

- Establishment of a financially sustainable state social insurance and pension security system (selected measures)
  - 2.1 Introduce a personalized accounting system for the pension rights of insured persons (national automated personalized accounting information system)  
    - Indicator: Information infrastructure created. Archives of personalized accounting documents established. Electronic personal accounts of insured persons created  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 10.00; 0; 0.00; 10  
    - Status marker: H

  - 2.2 Prepare a draft law on state pension insurance  
    - Indicator: Law adopted. Sources of financing for its implementation identified  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
    - Status marker: H

  - 2.3 Prepare a draft law on government pensions  
    - Indicator: Law adopted. Sources of financing for its implementation identified  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
    - Status marker: H

  - 2.4 Devise and approve a methodology for the calculation of pensions and social benefits taking into account rights acquired by insured persons  
    - Indicator: Amendments and additions made to the legislation, training provided  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MOF  
    - Figures: 0.60; 0; 0.00; 0.6  
    - Status marker: H

  - 2.5 Revise the system of social insurance transfers (family benefits)  
    - Indicator: Amendments and additions made to the legislation  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MOH  
    - Figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
    - Status marker: P

  - 2.6 Prepare and implement a programme to develop voluntary pension insurance  
    - Indicator: Programme implemented. Laws drafted and adopted  
    - Agencies: MLSW, TC, MOJ  
    - Figures: 0.15; 0; 0.00; 0.15  
    - Status marker: H

  - 2.7 Incorporate up-to-date information technologies into pension and benefit payments  
    - Indicator: Reduction in the volume and cases of inappropriate use of social insurance funds  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 1.00; 0; 0.00; 1  
    - Status marker: H

  - 2.8 Perform surveys and introduce methods for collection and calculation of socio-demographic indicators  
    - Indicator: State demographic policy formulated. Forecast data being developed and used. Socio-demographic indicators calculated  
    - Agencies: SSC, MLSW, MOH, AS  
    - Figures: 0.50; 0; 0.00; 0.5  
    - Status marker: H

  - 2.9 Identify an authorized agency responsible for the development and implementation of demographic policy  
    - Indicator: Amendments made to regulatory documents  
    - Agency: EAP  
    - Figures: (no numeric figures listed)

  - 2.10 Conduct studies of the economic feasibility of social insurance against accidents and occupational illnesses  
    - Indicator: Practical recommendations prepared  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MOH  
    - Figures: 0.08; 0; 0.00; 0.08  
    - Status marker: P

  - 2.11 Strengthen the potential of the authorized agency responsible for management of demographic processes  
    - Indicator: Material and technical assistance provided  
    - Agency: EAP  
    - Figures: 0.25; 0; 0.00; 0.25  
    - Status marker: H

- Labour market and migration methodology, employment assistance (selected measures)
  - 3.1 Develop a conceptual plan for the creation and retention of jobs  
    - Indicator: Conceptual plan developed and adopted  
    - Agencies: MLSW, other bodies  
    - Figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
    - Status marker: H

  - 3.2 Revise the labour legislation to expand flexibility in labour market regulation  
    - Indicator: Legislation amended  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
    - Status marker: H

  - 3.3 Develop a conceptual plan for wage reform  
    - Indicator: Conceptual plan developed and approved  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MOF  
    - Figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
    - Status marker: H

  - 3.4 Introduce and develop mechanisms for indexing wages in the budget sphere  
    - Indicator: Amendments and additions made to the law  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MOF  
    - Figures: 0.25; 0; 0.00; 0.25  
    - Status marker: H

  - 3.5 Devise methodologies for monitoring the labour market and performing surveys of the labour force  
    - Indicator: Government decision adopted  
    - Agencies: MLSW, SSC, MOE  
    - Figures: 0.50; 0; 0.00; 0.5  
    - Status marker: H

  - 3.6 Conduct a survey to study and eliminate causes and conditions that contribute to systematic arrears on wages and the social tax  
    - Indicator: Survey report submitted. Practical recommendations made. Prepare regulatory legal documents  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 0.25; 0; 0.00; 0.25  
    - Status marker: H

  - 3.7 Conduct a survey to estimate employment in the informal sector and prepare recommendations for legalization  
    - Indicator: Practical recommendations prepared  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 0.35; 0; 0.00; 0.35  
    - Status marker: P

  - 3.8 Devise mechanisms to provide legal support to labour migrants  
    - Indicator: Regulatory acts on legal protection for migrants adopted  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 0.15; 0.5; 0.00; -0.35  
    - Status marker: H

  - 3.9 Modify the Law on Labour Protection  
    - Indicator: Amendments and additions made to the law  
    - Agency: MLSW  
    - Figures: 0.10; 0; 0.00; 0.1  
    - Status marker: P

- Institutional coordination and interstate agreements
  - 4.1 Establish an interagency coordinating Council on Labour Migration Issues under the Government  
    - Indicator: Council established  
    - Agency: EAP  
    - Figures: 0.00; 0; 0.00; 0  
    - Status marker: H

  - 4.2 Expand the base of interstate agreements to protect the rights of labour migrants  
    - Indicator: Interstate agreements concluded  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MFA, MOJ  
    - Figures: 0.00; 0; 0.00; 0  
    - Status marker: H

  - 4.3 Implement the interstate agreement on establishment of data banks on enterprises in countries receiving labour migrants and on citizens wishing to leave for temporary employment abroad  
    - Indicator: Data banks established. Number of data bank visits  
    - Agencies: MLSW; TP; TACIS  
    - Figures: 0.50; 0; 0.50; 0  
    - Status marker: H

  - 4.4 Perform scientific research and organizational-methodological work on labour protection and working conditions  
    - Indicator: Labour protection standards and methodologies approved  
    - Agencies: MLSW, MOH  
    - Figures: 0.10; 0; 0.00; 0.1  
    - Status marker: P

- Employment assistance targets and outputs (program-level goals)
  - 1. Raise the level of employment (self-employment) by 25%  
  - 2. Reduce unemployment by 0.4%  
  - 3. Increase the number of collective agreements concluded and reduce complaints filed with the courts  
  - 4. Provide professional development and continuing education courses to 152 people  
  - 5. Shift specialization of six educational institutions in accordance with labour market demands  
  - 6. Training (professional development and continuing education) provided for 152 employees within the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare system

*Source: _cr0982 - 5.20 Carry out major renovation of city hospitals*

### 4.5 Creation of a data bank and official website for job vacancies (job search)

### 4.5 Creation of a data bank and official website for job vacancies (job search)

### Labour market policy, employment services and vocational training
- Action: Creation of a data bank; Website posted on the Internet  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, Association of Employers, FPT  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.40; 0; 0.00; 0.4  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Organize legal training and social adaptation courses for labour migrants abroad  
  - Objective/indicator: Reduction in the number of accidents and in the number of labour migrants who are deported  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, NGOs  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Expand social partnership mechanisms; create bodies/associations representing employers’ interests  
  - Indicator: Sectoral associations and unions of industrialists established  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, SF, employers’ union  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.00; 0; 0.00; 0  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Restructure public vocational and technical education based on labour market surveys  
  - Indicator: Changes made to curricula. Recommendations developed for shifting specialization of educational institutions  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 1.15; 0; 0.00; 1.153  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Identify and shift specialization of vocational and technical institutions to meet personnel needs of major energy and infrastructure projects  
  - Indicator: Training provided for ___ personnel.  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.50; 0; 0.00; 0.5  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Devise mechanism for employer participation in vocational-qualifications structure and financing of personnel training  
  - Indicator: Mechanism devised and introduced  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, Employers’ associations  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.00; 0; 0.00; 0  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Create modern system of vocational and professional standards aligned with labour market demand  
  - Indicator: System of standards created and being implemented  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.00; 0; 0.00; 0  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Develop and introduce market-oriented special courses and vocational counselling  
  - Indicator: Courses included in the curricula of vocational counselling centres  
  - Implementing agencies: MOE, MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 2.00; 0; 1.10; TP, TACIS; 0.9  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Strengthen material and technical base of basic vocational education system and training  
  - Indicator: Technical retooling completed  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 2.00; 0; 1.10; TACIS; 0.9  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Strengthen material and technical potential of scientific research institutes focusing on labour and social welfare  
  - Indicator: Material and technical assistance provided  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.30; 0; 0.00; 0.3  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Strengthen material and technical base of labour inspectorates  
  - Indicator: Material and technical assistance provided  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.30; 0; 0.00; 0.3  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Conduct professional development and continuing education courses for employees of research institutes, employment services, labour inspectorates, migration services, and vocational education system  
  - Indicator: Courses organized and held  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.80; 0; 0.00; 0.8  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Establish adult education centres at existing basic vocational education institutions  
  - Indicator: Adult education training centres established and equipped  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 2.00; 0; 2.00; Govt. of Germany; 0  
  - Status/priority: (no explicit status code provided)

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### 5. Creation of a targeted social assistance programme

### Methodologies, legal frameworks and entitlement systems
- Action: Develop and approve a methodology for estimating the poverty rate  
  - Implementing agencies: SSC, MLSW, MOH  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.50; 0; 0.00; 0.5  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Draft and adopt a law on the minimum consumption budget  
  - Indicator: Law adopted. Sources of financing identified  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Develop and approve a methodology for calculating the minimum consumption basket (minimum subsistence income)  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOH  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.10; 0; 0.00; WB; 0.1  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Draft and adopt a law on state social assistance  
  - Indicator: Law adopted. Sources of financing identified  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Draft and adopt a law on targeted social assistance  
  - Indicator: Law adopted. Sources of financing identified  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOH  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Devise mechanism and methodology for providing targeted social assistance to low-income segments, orphans and families who lost their breadwinner  
  - Indicator: Mechanism identified. Methodology developed  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.50; 0; 0.00; EC; 0.5  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Revise methods for providing targeted social assistance to poor schoolchildren (DKV) on a decile basis  
  - Indicator: Methodology developed  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.10; 0; 0.00; EC; 0.1  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Draft and adopt a law on social services  
  - Indicator: Law adopted. Sources of financing identified  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.20; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Devise methodology for forecasting need for targeted social services  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.10; 0; 0.00; 0.1  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Draft and adopt a law on social payments and benefits  
  - Indicator: Law adopted. Sources of financing identified  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.2; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Develop and approve state standards for social services; system for evaluating quality; general requirements for institutions providing social services  
  - Indicator: Legal acts approved. Sources for financing identified  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 4.50; 0; 0.00; EC; 4.5  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Update system of concessions and privileges (legislative amendments)  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOF, TC  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.2; 0; 0.00; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Update methods for determination and categorization of disability  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOH  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.10; 0; 0.00; 0.1  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Amend law on social protections for disabled persons  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOH  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.10; 0; 0.00; 0.1  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Reorganize system for medical assessment of disability and fitness for employment  
  - Indicators: Regulatory legal documents amended. Amendments and additions made to the legislation  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOH  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.35; 0; 0.00; 0.35  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Approve and implement programme to improve prosthetic and orthopaedic assistance; renovate prosthetic and orthopaedic device factory and equip it  
  - Indicator: Programme implemented. Facility put into operation  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 1.00; 0; 0.00; EC; 1  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Ensure public access to psychological-medical pedagogical consultation services  
  - Indicator: Number of people referred  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOH, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.50; 0; 0.00; 0.5; UNICEF  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Establish an educational institution for training social workers with higher and secondary professional education  
  - Indicator: Educational institution established, sources of financing identified  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.50; 0; 0.00; 0.5; SIDA  
  - Status/priority: P

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### 6. Improvement in the quality of social services provided to the public

### Expanded public access and service quality targets
- Program objective: Expanded public access to social infrastructure; Increase in the number of recipients of social services by 20%

- Action: Reform system for managing social support for families, women and children  
  - Indicator: Management system optimized  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, CFWA, MOJ, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.5; 0; 0.50; UNICEF; 0  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Expand network of regional social service centres using innovative technologies  
  - Indicator: Three centres established  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, local authorities, MOF, MOE, MOH, MIA  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.50; 0; 0.00; 0.5  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Renovate buildings and equip in-patient facilities for disabled persons; develop subsidiary farming operations at in-patient institutions  
  - Indicator: Facility put into operation  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 2.00; 0; 1.50; EC; 0.5  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Study possibility of monetization of benefits (replace compensation for higher energy rates with monetized benefits)  
  - Indicator: Monetization of benefits introduced  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOF, MEI  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.00; 0; 0.00; 0  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Convert Chorbog boarding school into a national rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities  
  - Indicator: National rehabilitation centre functioning  
  - Implementing agency: MLSW  
  - Budget/programme figures: 1.50; 0; 1.50; TICA; Aga Khan Fund; 0  
  - Status/priority: P

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### 7. Creation of a multi-tiered unified system for managing the protection of children’s rights

### Establishment of children’s rights units and community services
- Target: Establishment of 72 children’s rights units

- Action: Introduce approved practices for work on children’s rights at local government bodies; establish children’s rights unit by merging Commission on Children’s Rights and guardianship/foster-care bodies  
  - Indicator: Structures to protect children’s rights established  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, local authorities, TC  
  - Budget/programme figures: 1.00; 0; 0.50; UNICEF; SIDA; 0.5  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Prepare and implement community programmes to provide social services for children in conflict with the law with civil sector involvement  
  - Indicator: Programmes prepared and implemented  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, local authorities, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.60; 0; 0.60; UNICEF; Children’s Legal Centre (UK); 0  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Devise and approve a strategy for development of family-based forms for rearing children (adoption, foster care, guardianship)  
  - Indicator: Strategy devised and approved  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MOE  
  - Budget/programme figures: 1.00; 0; 0.50; SIDA; 0.5  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Prepare action plan for effective social adaptation of children with behaviour in conflict with the law  
  - Indicator: Plan prepared and implemented  
  - Implementing agencies: MLSW, MIA, MOE, MOJ  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.50; 0; 0.20; Govt. of United Kingdom Children’s Legal Centre SIDA; 0.3  
  - Status/priority: P

- Section total figure listed: Total 46.18; 0.50; 11.60; 0.00; 34.08

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### 10. Expansion of access to water, sanitation and housing and municipal services

### Sector diagnostics, institutional strengthening and legal framework
- Action: Perform a functional and institutional survey of the sector  
  - Indicator: Analysis performed and advisory proposals presented  
  - Implementing agencies: MRWR, KhMK, MEDT, MOJ, SCI  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.25; 0; 0; 0.25  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Increase potential of agencies responsible for policy on water supply, sanitation, housing and municipal services  
  - Indicator: Proportion of employees who have received training  
  - Implementing agencies: MRWR, ACA, KhMK, MOH  
  - Budget/programme figures: 1.2; 0; 0; 1.2  
  - Status/priority: H

- Action: Draft and adopt a law on drinking water and water supply  
  - Implementing agencies: KhMK, MRWR, ACA, MOJ, MOH, DWC, KhWC  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.15; 0; 0; 0.15  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Draft and adopt a law on homeowner partnerships  
  - Implementing agencies: ACA, KhMK, MEDT, MOJ, SCI  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.15; 0; 0; 0.15  
  - Status/priority: P

- Outcome targets by end-2009:  
  - Provide access to drinking water that meets state standards for 96% of the country’s urban population and 51% of the rural population  
  - Provide access to basic sanitation and hygiene conditions for 47% of the country’s urban population and 37% of the rural population  
  - Increase in the proportion of households who own their own homes

### Institutional reform, standards and investments
- Action: Prepare new version of the Housing Code; adopt  
  - Implementing agencies: ACA, MRWR, KhMK, MEDT, MOJ, SCI  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.2; 0; 0; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Prepare sanitary regulations and norms for drinking water  
  - Implementing agencies: MOH, MRWR, KhMK, MEDT, MOJ  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.15; 0; 0; 0.15  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Implement first stage of the Programme to Improve the Drinking Water Supply in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2007–2020  
  - Indicator: Water losses and electricity consumption reduced  
  - Implementing agencies: MRWR, KhMK, MEDT, MOJ  
  - Budget/programme figures: 5.8; 0; 0; 5.8  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Provide stable electricity supply for water delivery systems; supply electrical power and hydro-mechanical equipment to Kurgan-Tyube, Kulyab and Kanibadam  
  - Indicator: Standards developed for electricity consumption per cubic metre of water; requisite equipment installed and functioning  
  - Implementing agencies: MEI, MRWR, KhMK  
  - Budget/programme figures: 1.60; 0; 0; 1.6  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Introduce system for effective tracking of drinking water consumption  
  - Indicator: Water consumption standards developed for consumers and statistical reporting forms prepared  
  - Implementing agencies: KhMK, MRWR, MEDT, MOJ, SSC  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.20; 0; 0; 0.2  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Prepare and implement conceptual plan for restoration and development of heating supply systems  
  - Indicator: Up to 15% of centralized heating systems in towns and villages restored and rebuilt  
  - Implementing agencies: MEI, KhMK, local authorities  
  - Budget/programme figures: 10.1; 0; 0; 10.1  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Prepare conceptual plan for the development of housing  
  - Indicator: Conceptual plan prepared  
  - Implementing agencies: ACA, MEDT, NBT, local authorities  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.44; 0; 0; 0.44  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Analyse existing rates for municipal services and collection rates  
  - Indicator: Analysis performed and advisory proposals presented  
  - Implementing agencies: KhMK, MRWR, DWC, KhWC  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.57; (no further columns); 0.57  
  - Status/priority: P

- Action: Provide training and professional development of engineering and technical personnel in the housing and municipal services sector (up to 20%)  
  - Implementing agencies: KhMK, MRWR, MOH  
  - Budget/programme figures: 0.191; (no further columns); 0.191  
  - Status/priority: P

*Source: _cr0982 - 4.5 Creation of a data bank and official website for job vacancies (job search).*

### 2. Involve private

### _cr0982 - 2. Involve private

### Involve private — key actions and objectives
- 2.1 Perform an Analytical report: Practical recommendations presented. Responsible: MEDT; KhMK, MRWR, MOJ, SCI, local authorities. Cost/estimate: 0.26; indicator: 0.26. P.
- 2.2 Improve water supply management: Management improved. Responsible: MRWR, local authorities. Indicators: 1, 0, 1. Donor: UNDP; indicator: 0.
- 2.3 Enable private construction firms to lease equipment and tools (FDI): Increase in fleet of construction machinery, equipment and tools; improvement in infrastructure of towns and villages. Responsible: ACA, local authorities. Indicators: 3, 0, 0, 3.

### Increase in the effectiveness and optimal utilization of the sector’s infrastructure — objectives and projects
- Strategic outcomes listed:
  - 1. Reduction in the proportion of the population without living space that meets current standards
  - 2. Reduction in the proportion of dilapidated, unsafe housing in need of major renovation
  - 3. Reduction in the proportion of housing without public utilities in accordance with current standards and norms
  - 4. Reduction in regional inequality in access to basic municipal services
  - 5. Reduction in inequality in access to housing for urban and rural residents
  - 6. Reduction in inequality in availability of living space in different regions of the country
  - 7. Equal access to municipal services for urban and rural residents
  - 8. Equal access to proper sanitary conditions and sewer services for urban and rural residents

- General plans (correction and partial implementation):
  - 3.1 Dushanbe: Plan corrected and partially implemented. Responsible: ACA, MRWR, KhMK, MEDT, MOJ. Cost: 0.50; indicator: 0.5. P.
  - 3.2 Vakhdat: Cost: 0.20; indicator: 0.2. P.
  - 3.3 Rudaki District: Cost: 0.30; indicator: 0.3. P.
  - 3.4 Gissar District: Cost: 0.20; indicator: 0.2. P.
  - 3.5 Varzob District: Cost: 0.10; indicator: 0.1. P.

- Public housing projects for poor and vulnerable groups (negotiations with investors; construction begun):
  - 3.6 Dushanbe: Cost: 2.47; indicator: 2.47. Responsible: ACA, MOF, MEDT, MOJ, SCI, NBT, local authorities. P.
  - 3.7 Gissar District: Cost: 1.00; indicator: 1. P.
  - 3.8 Vakhdat: Cost: 1.00; indicator: 1. P.
  - 3.9 Rudaki District: Cost: 0.50; indicator: 0.5. P.
  - 3.10 Varzob District: Cost: 0.20; indicator: 0.2. P.

- Social protection and standards:
  - 3.11 Compensation established for low-income and socially vulnerable segments to pay for municipal services. Responsible: MOF, MLSW, NBT, ACA, MEDT, MOJ, local authorities. Cost: 10.00; indicator: 10. P.
  - 3.12 Prepare regulatory documents and standards for quality of housing and municipal services. Responsible: ACA, KhMK, MEDT, MOJ. Cost: 0.08; indicator: 0.08. P.

- Sewer, waste, sanitary protection, and metering:
  - 3.13 Restore central sewer systems in Dushanbe and Vakhdat: Proportion of housing served by central sewer systems. Responsible: DWC, local authorities, KhMK, MEDT, MOJ. Indicators/costs: 1.055, 0, 0, 1.055. P.
  - 3.14 Build facilities for collection and recycling of solid household waste in Rudaki District and Kurgan-Tyube: Number of newly established enterprises; proportion of population (%) with access to central sewer systems. Responsible: KhMK, MEDT, MOF, local authorities. Indicators: 1, 0, 0, 1. P.
  - 3.15 Provide protection of sanitary zones in multiple cities (listed): Number of sanitary zones and water supply facilities protected. Responsible: KhMK, MRWR, DWC, KhWC, local authorities. Cost/indicator: 5.35, 0, 0, 5.35. P.
  - 3.16 Install water meters: Proportion of housing equipped with water meters. Responsible: KhMK, MRWR, DWC, KhWC, local authorities. Indicator: 14, 0, 0, 14. P.

- Water supply reservoirs, plumbing, heating, municipal services enterprises:
  - 3.17 Restore and rebuild reservoir for daily regulation in Dushanbe: 99% of the population has access to high-quality drinking water. Responsible: DWC, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 9.46, 0.89, 8.57. Donor: IDB. Indicator: 0.
  - 3.18 Restore and rebuild interior plumbing systems: 99% access to high-quality drinking water; proportion of housing equipped with proper utilities. Responsible: DWC, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 5.65, 0.2, 5.45. Donors: WB, Govt. of Japan. Indicator: 0.
  - 3.19 Restore and rebuild heating and water supply systems in Khudzhand: 93% access to high-quality drinking water and heating; proportion of housing equipped with proper utilities. Responsible: DWC, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 2.3, 0.5, 1.8. Donors: EBRD, grant from Switzerland and Norway. Indicator: 0.
  - 3.20 Restore and rebuild interior plumbing systems: 93% access to high-quality drinking water and heating; proportion of housing equipped with proper utilities. Responsible: KhWC, local authorities. Cost/indicator: 17.815, 0, 0, 17.815. Donor: WB. P.

- Municipal enterprise and regional infrastructure:
  - 3.21 Develop the municipal services infrastructure (Khochagii Manziliyu Kommunali state unitary enterprise): 93% of population served by the enterprise; proportion of housing equipped with the proper utilities. Responsible: KhMK, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 11.283, 1.161, 10.122. Donor: IDA; indicator: 0.
  - 3.22 Develop public utilities infrastructure in GBAO: 93% access to high-quality drinking water; proportion of housing equipped with proper utilities. Responsible: KhMK, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 0.074, 0.05, 0.024. P.

- Rural water supply and Clean Water projects:
  - 3.23 Restore and rebuild water supply systems in rural areas: as much as 5% more of the population. Responsible: MRWR, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 6.75, 1.1, 5.65. Donor: ADB. Indicator: 0.
  - 3.24 Implement the Clean Water for Poor Rural Residents project: as much as 5% more of the population. Responsible: MRWR, local authorities. Cost/indicator: 3, 3. Donor: UNDP (TACIS, DFID, ECHO). Indicator: 0.
  - 3.25 Build new water supply systems in listed localities: as much as 5% more of the population. Responsible: MRWR, local authorities. Cost/indicator: 21.665, 0, 0, 21.665. P.

- District and line projects:
  - 3.26 Restore water supply system in Zafarabad District: Planned measures carried out. Responsible: MRWR, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 2.2, 0.35, 0, 1.85. H.
  - 3.27 Dangara Group Water Supply Line: Planned measures carried out. Responsible: MRWR, KhMK, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 7.7, 1.1, 0, 6.6. H.

- Sewage treatment and sewer rehabilitation:
  - 3.28 Complete construction, second stage sewage treatment facility in Khudzhand: Proportion of housing equipped with proper utilities increased by as much as 5%. Responsible: KhWC, local authorities. Indicator: 2, 0, 0, 2. P.
  - 3.29 Restore and rebuild the sewage treatment facility in Dushanbe: Proportion of housing equipped with proper utilities increased by as much as 10%. Responsible: DWC, local authorities. Indicator: 5, 0, 0, 5. P.
  - 3.30 Rehabilitate sewer systems in multiple towns and district centres and construct new treatment facilities in Vose, Asht and Shakhrinav: Proportion of housing equipped with proper utilities. Responsible: KhMK, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 9.3, 0, 0, 9.3. P.

- Gas networks and mains:
  - 3.31 Restore city gas networks. Responsible: Local authorities, MEI. Costs/indicators: 2.67, 0, 0, 2.67. Donor: EBRD. H.
  - 3.32 Bring gas mains to regulatory standards. Responsible: MEI, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 6.337, 0, 0, 6.337. Donor: EBRD. H.
  - 3.33 Bring gas service to Matcha District. Responsible: MEI, local authorities. Costs/indicators: 3.8, 0, 0, 3.8. H.

- Total for the section:
  - Total: 180.2, 5.4, 35.6, 0.0, 139.3.

### Promotion of environmental sustainability — institutional reforms, monitoring, and targets
- Overarching aims:
  - Comply with sustainable development principles and halt squandering of natural resources by:
    - increasing the proportion of land area covered by forest by 5%
    - increasing the area of land set aside for preserving biological diversity by 3%
    - reducing the area of degraded land and pasture land by 5%
    - reducing the discharge of polluted water into surface and underground water sources by 7-9%
    - reducing the release of pollutants into the atmosphere from point and non-point sources by 4%

- Institutional reforms and legal framework:
  - 1.1 Optimize functions of agencies responsible for environmental protection: Practical proposals prepared and presented. Responsible: EAP.
  - 1.2 Increase potential of central and local government authorities responsible for environmental protection: Percentage of employees who have received training. Responsible: MAEP, CES, other bodies. Costs/indicators: 0.3, 0, 0, 0.3. P.
  - 1.3 Harmonize environmental protection legislation with sectoral legislation per environmental conventions: Amendments and additions made to relevant legislative acts. Responsible: MAEP, MOJ, other bodies. Costs/indicator: 0.75, 0, 0, 0.75. P.
  - 1.4 Draft a Convention on Environmental Security: Convention drafted and adopted. Responsible: MAEP, other bodies. Cost/indicator: 0.1, 0, 0, 0.1. H.
  - 1.5 Prepare a draft law on environmental monitoring: Draft law prepared and adopted. Responsible: MAEP, other bodies. Costs/indicators: 0.43, 0, 0, 0.425. P.
  - 1.6 Draft regulatory legal acts for procedures for preparation of environmental impact statements (EIS): Drafts prepared and adopted. Responsible: MAEP, MOJ. Cost/indicator: 0.03, 0, 0, 0.03. H.
  - 1.7 Study possibilities for RT’s accession to the Kyoto Protocol: Report and recommendations prepared. Responsible: MAEP. Indicators: 0, 0, 0.
  - 1.8 Prepare proposals for writing off external debt to resolve environmental protection and sustainable development issues: Relevant proposals prepared; changes and amendments made to economic regulatory legal acts. Responsible: MAEP, other bodies. Cost/indicator: 0.02, 0, 0, 0.02. P.

- Monitoring, data systems, and disaster prevention:
  - 1.9 Strengthen monitoring posts to ensure security of important dams and reservoirs: Number of posts installed. Responsible: MRWR, MAEP. Indicator: 2. H.
  - 1.10 Prepare a comprehensive programme for rehabilitation and development of environmental monitoring system (GIS, satellite imagery); draft programme prepared and implementation begun in pilot regions. Responsible: MAEP. Cost/indicator: 0.1, 0.1. P.
  - 1.11 Restore and develop the environmental monitoring system: Number of restored and new monitoring posts outfitted with modern equipment; availability of territorial model; availability of incoming monitoring data. Responsible: MAEP, other bodies. Indicator: 0.
  - 1.12 Prepare and establish a database on territories and facilities potentially subject to catastrophic natural and manmade effects: Availability of a modern database. Responsible: MAEP, CES, other bodies. Cost/indicator: 0.4, 0.4. P.
  - 1.13 Establish a system of interconnected environmental protection databases in pilot regions: System introduced and used in pilot regions; number of specialists who have attended special training courses. Responsible: MAEP. Cost/indicator: 0.20, 0, 0, 0.2. P.

*Source: _cr0982 - 2. Involve private*

### 1.14 Study the feasibility of revising the amount of payments, rates and fines for environmental pollution and prepare p

### _cr0982 - 1.14 Study the feasibility of revising the amount of payments, rates and fines for environmental pollution and prepare p

### Environmental protection, natural resources and disaster management (items 1.14–2.23)
- Objective: Prepare proposals, legal amendments, projects and implementation measures to improve environmental protection, resource management, rehabilitation, and disaster risk reduction.
- Key actions, expected outcomes, lead agencies, and budget figures:
  - 1.14 Study feasibility of revising payments, rates and fines for environmental pollution; prepare proposals  
    - Outcome: Relevant proposals prepared, changes and amendments made to economic regulatory legal acts  
    - Lead: MAEP  
    - Budget: 0.01; 0.01  
    - Status: H
  - 1.15 Study and present proposals for revision of the Water Code  
    - Outcome: Report and proposals prepared on revision of the Water Code  
    - Leads: MAEP, MOF, MEDT, other bodies  
    - Budget: 0.01; 0.01  
    - Status: H
  - 1.16 Conduct geo-botanical survey and determine degree of degradation of pasturelands  
    - Outcome: Degree of degradation determined and measures established  
    - Leads: MAEP, local authorities, AS, other bodies  
    - Budget: 0.45; 0.45  
    - Status: P
  - 1.17 Organize reforestation operations  
    - Outcome: Reforestation operations carried out  
    - Lead: MAEP, other bodies  
    - Budget: 0.35; 0.35  
    - Status: P
  - 1.18 Strengthen forestry units and effective use of forest resources  
    - Outcome: Existence of forestry management service  
    - Lead: MAEP  
    - Budget: 0.4; 0.4  
    - Status: P
  - 1.19 Carry out informational and educational campaigns to promote environmental awareness  
    - Outcome: Public information campaigns carried out  
    - Lead: MAEP, other bodies  
    - Budget: 0.01; 0.01  
    - Status: H
  - 1.20 Incorporate environmental education into general education system  
    - Outcome: Environmental education elements incorporated  
    - Leads: MOE, MAEP  
    - Budget: 0.1; 0.1  
    - Status: H
  - 1.21 Prepare proposals to encourage private sector production/use of environmentally clean technologies  
    - Outcome: Analytical report prepared and practical recommendations made  
    - Lead: MAEP, other bodies  
    - Budget: 0.01; 0.01  
    - Status: H
  - 1.22 Implement the Environment and Sustainable Energy Management project  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: MEI, MAEP  
    - Budget: 4.25; 4.25  
    - Funding/Partner: UNDP 0  
  - 1.23 Implement a project to improve emergency preparedness and risk management  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: CES, MAEP  
    - Budget: 2.25; 2.25  
    - Funding/Partner: UNDP 0
  - 1.24 Prepare a draft of a new long-range State Environmental Programme (aligned with NDS/PRS)  
    - Outcome: Programme prepared  
    - Lead: MAEP  
    - Budget: 0.25; 0; 0; 0.25  
    - Funding/Partner: EC  
    - Status: P
  - 2.1 Implement flood management and rehabilitation project in Khatlon Province  
    - Outcome: Project implemented  
    - Leads: MRWR, MAEP  
    - Budget: 10.8; 1.8; 9  
    - Funding/Partner: ADB 0
  - 2.2 Promote modernization/installation of dust and gas scrubbers at industrial enterprises  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: MEI, MAEP  
    - Budget: 0.5; 0; 0; 0.5  
    - Status: P
  - 2.3 Promote establishment of scientific-production bases for repair/production of dust and gas scrubbers and monitoring equipment  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: MEI, MAEP  
    - Budget: 0.4; 0; 0; 0.4  
    - Status: H
  - 2.4 Introduce technologies for recovery/destruction of ozone-depleting substances and banned hazardous chemicals  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: Local authorities, MTC, MAEP, MEI, MOH  
    - Budget: 0.3; 0; 0; 0.3  
    - Status: P
  - 2.5 Develop integrated and biological pest control methods and production base for biological control agents  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: MAEP, AS, AAS  
    - Budget: 0.2; 0; 0; 0.2  
    - Status: P
  - 2.6 Build/rebuild local treatment facilities and sewage treatment facilities to meet standards  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: Local authorities, MAEP, MEI  
    - Budget: 0.1; 0; 0; 0.1  
    - Status: P
  - 2.7 Provide for trash and waste recycling  
    - Outcome: Planned list of measures carried out  
    - Leads: Local authorities, MAEP, MEI  
    - Budget: 6.2; 0; 6.2  
    - Funding/Partners: EBRD; Govt. of Sweden 0
  - 2.8 Build interregional toxic waste disposal sites (6 sites)  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: Local authorities, CES, MAEP, MOH, AS  
    - Budget: 0.2; 0.2  
    - Status: P
  - 2.9 Rehabilitate Vakhsh and Kanibadam disposal sites degraded by poisonous chemicals  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: Local authorities, CES, MAEP, MOH, AS  
    - Budget: 5.4; 5.4  
    - Status: H
  - 2.10 Rehabilitate tailing points containing radioactive waste in Sogd Province  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and required funding sought  
    - Leads: MEI, local authorities, CES, MOH, AS, MAEP  
    - Budget: 6.25; 6.25  
    - Status: H
  - 2.11 Encourage public dialogue on environmental protection and sustainable use of natural resources  
    - Outcome metrics: Number of meetings, public events, press conferences, television debates, radio quiz shows; number of informational materials prepared and distributed  
    - Lead: MAEP  
    - Budget: 0.010; 0.01  
    - Status: H
  - 2.12 Train farmers in agricultural production methods that account for environmental factors  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and funding sought  
    - Leads: Local authorities, MAEP, AAS  
    - Budget: 0.1; 0.1  
    - Status: P
  - 2.13 Study creation and support of eco-tourism, including in specially protected natural areas  
    - Outcome: Analytical report prepared, practical recommendations, mapping of promising zones for tourism  
    - Leads: CYST, MAEP, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.50; 0.5  
    - Status: P
  - 2.14 Train instructors, guides and tour group leaders for eco-tourism  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and funding sought  
    - Leads: CYST, MAEP  
    - Budget: 0.5; 0.5  
    - Status: P
  - 2.15 Develop programmes for prevention of land degradation  
    - Outcome: Negotiations held and funding sought  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.1; 0.1  
    - Status: P
  - 2.16 Organize avalanche control on Dushanbe-Khudzhand highway (Anzob Pass)  
    - Outcome: Range of measures planned and being implemented  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.3; 0; 0; 0.3  
    - Status: H
  - 2.17 Riverbank reinforcement on dangerous sections of the Zarafshan River (Pendzhikent District)  
    - Outcome: Range of measures planned and being implemented  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.3; 0; 0; 0.3  
    - Status: H
  - 2.18 Develop the Tajik National Park  
    - Outcome: Range of measures planned and being implemented  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.338; 0.04; 0.298  
    - Status: H
  - 2.19 Restore the 50th Anniversary of Tajikistan dam in Rasht District  
    - Outcome: Dam restored  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.27; 0; 0; 0.27  
    - Status: H
  - 2.20 Restore the Piyazy canal in Dzhirgatal District  
    - Outcome: Canal restored  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.75; 0; 0; 0.75  
    - Status: H
  - 2.21 Restore flumes in the right bank area of Khudzhand  
    - Outcome: Flumes restored  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 1; 0; 0; 1  
    - Status: H
  - 2.22 Restore network of snow measuring rods  
    - Outcome: Network restored  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.15; 0; 0; 0.15  
    - Status: H
  - 2.23 Preserve biodiversity of the Dashtidzhum nature reserve  
    - Outcome: Range of measures planned and being implemented  
    - Leads: MAEP, ALGC, MRWR, CES, MEDT, MOF  
    - Budget: 0.75; 0; 0.75  
    - Funding/Partner: WB 0
- Aggregate budget line reported:
  - Total 47.823; 1.84; 22.45; 0; 23.533

### Gender equality program (section 12)
- Objective: Increase the proportion of women among government employees from 27.3% in 2005 to 35% in 2009; expand gender equality and raise development rating from 91st place in 2004 to 85th place in 2009; 11% increase in women in management positions; gender balance in local councils: provincial 25/75, town 25/75.
- Institutional strengthening and legal/regulatory measures (selected items with budgets and partners):
  - 1.1 Prepare and introduce amendments to acts to promote gender equality (overall objective)  
  - 1.1.1 Study and amend civil service legislation to encourage advancement of women in government bodies  
    - Outcome: Methods (mechanisms) for advancement based on the “catch-up” principle introduced  
    - Leads: CSA, CFWA, MOJ  
    - Budget: 0.120; 0.000; 0.000; 0.120  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.2 Amend Law on Gender Equality and other regulatory acts regarding implementation mechanisms  
    - Outcome: Relevant regulatory legal acts adopted, amendments and additions to current laws  
    - Leads: CFWA, MOJ  
    - Budget: 0.035; 0.000; 0.035  
    - Funding/Partners: OSCE; UNI-FEM; UNPFA 0.000
  - 1.1.3 Adopt law and regulatory documents on social and legal protection against domestic violence  
    - Outcome: Legislative act adopted; reporting systems on crimes and victims introduced in 2007  
    - Leads: CFWA, MOJ, MIA  
    - Budget: 0.063; 0.000; 0.025  
    - Funding/Partners: UNI-FEM; SDC 0.038  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.4 Amend regulatory/legal acts to require gender assessments of state programmes and plans  
    - Outcome: Relevant regulatory and legal acts adopted, amendments and additions to current laws  
    - Leads: CFWA, MOJ  
    - Budget: 0.050; 0.005; 0.000; 0.045  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.5 Perform functional survey of departments responsible for gender policy  
    - Outcome: Authorities defined, responsibility increased  
    - Lead: EAP  
    - Budget: 0.020; 0.010; 0.000; 0.010  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.6 Devise and introduce mechanism for monitoring implementation of gender policy  
    - Outcome: Monitoring developed and implemented  
    - Leads: CFWA, SSC  
    - Budget: 0.033; 0.000; 0.033  
    - Funding/Partners: UNPFA; CIDA; UNI-FEM; OSCE; UNI-FEM  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.8 Increase potential of employees responsible for gender policy (training)  
    - Objective: Increase proportion trained from 0% in 2005 to 20% in 2009  
    - Leads: EAP, SCA, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.120; 0.000; 0.07  
    - Funding/Partners: OSCE; UN-ESCO; EC 0.050  
    - Status: P
  - 1.1.9 Establish an inter-agency commission on gender policy with civil society participation  
    - Outcome: Commission established  
    - Leads: EAP, SCA, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.030; 0.000; 0.030  
    - Funding/Partner: UNI-FEM 0.000
  - 1.1.11 Training programs for officials developing strategic and sectoral human development documents (gender factor included)  
    - Outcome: Increase in specialists trained from 0% in 2005 to 20% in 2009; gender priorities included in sectoral strategies and policies  
    - Leads: CSA, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.055; 0.000; 0.024  
    - Funding/Partners: UNI-FEM 0.031  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.12 Develop and approve methods for gender-based budget analysis (pilot)  
    - Outcome: Methods developed and adapted to Tajikistan (pilot)  
    - Leads: MOF, MEDT, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.050; 0.000; 0.000; 0.050  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.13 Increase gender sensitivity of government employees via mandatory gender education in professional development  
    - Objective: Increase mandatory training from 1.3% in 2005 to 5% in 2009  
    - Leads: CSA, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.150; 0.000; 0.035  
    - Funding/Partners: OSCE; OSI 0.115  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.14 Introduce soft quota methods in competition to fill civil service vacancies  
    - Outcome: Soft quota system introduced  
    - Leads: EAP, CSA, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.060; 0.000; 0.025; 0.035  
    - Status: P
  - 1.1.15 Create female personnel potential and reserve for civil service vacancies  
    - Outcome: Data bank of candidates; ongoing training programmes for women  
    - Leads: EAP, CSA, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.200; 0.000; 0.000; 0.200  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.16 Monitor targeted programme to train and promote women to government positions  
    - Outcome: Monitoring performed  
    - Leads: CSA, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.060; 0.000; 0.000; 0.060  
    - Status: H
  - 1.1.17 Gender education courses for teachers at Teachers’ Professional Development and Continuing Education Institute  
    - Objective: Increase teachers with course certificates from 0% in 2005 to 10% in 2009  
    - Leads: MOE, CFWA  
    - Budget: 0.150; 0.000; 0.100  
    - Funding/Partners: OSCE; OSI 0.050  
    - Status: H

*Source: _cr0982 - 1.14 Study the feasibility of revising the amount of payments, rates and fines for environmental pollution and prepare p (IMF PDF content).*

### 2. Establishment of effective mechanisms to ensure equal access to resources

### 2. Establishment of effective mechanisms to ensure equal access to resources

### 2.1 Education, training, and labour market access — objectives and outputs
- Change in the ratio of young men and young women attending higher education institutions: from 73/27 in 2005 to 65/35 in 2009.
- Gender gap in wages reduced by 6% (49% in 2005).
- Increase in the percentage of women in the economically active population from 19% in 2005 to 25%.

### 2.1.1 Public information and educational work to encourage favourable public opinion on education for young women
- Outputs: Reports on women’s education issues appearing regularly in the mass media; other informational measures carried out regularly.
- Responsible: CFWA, MOE.
- Budget figures: 0.300, 0.000, 0.080.
- External partners: Save the Children (USA), UNICEF, UN-ESCO.
- Status/priority marker: 0.220 P

### 2.1.2 Continue practice of setting quotas for applicants from remote regions and low-income families for admission to higher education
- Outputs: Number of students annually enrolled under quotas, with a breakdown by gender. Quota for young women only in 2005, and 60% for young women and 40% for young men in 2009.
- Responsible: MOE, CFWA.
- Budget figures: 0.030, 0.000, 0.000, 0.030.
- Status/priority marker: P
- Note: "232 educations in all fields of study, including law, economics, etc." (text present in source)

### 2.1.3 Support and establishment of educational and training centres for young women from outlying regions
- Targets: Increase in the number of students enrolled at educational and training centres from 150 in 2005 to 200 in 2009. Increase in the number of new centres from 1 in 2005 to 2 in 2009.
- Responsible: CFWA.
- Budget figures: 0.230, 0.010, 0.080.
- External partners/funders: OSI 0.140, H

### 2.1.4 Support for gifted students and young female scholars (international experience considered)
- Outputs: Methods developed and approved. Sources of financial support identified.
- Responsible: CFWA, MOE, AS, MOF.
- Budget figures: 0.050, 0.000, 0.015, 0.035.
- Status/priority marker: P

### 2.1.5 Feasibility of mandatory study of international norms and standards for women’s rights in higher education human rights courses
- Outputs: Report and practical recommendations presented.
- Responsible: CFWA, MOE.
- Budget figures: 0.009, 0.000, 0.005.
- External partners/funders: UNTOP, OSI 0.004.
- Status/priority marker: P

### 2.1.6 Measures to reduce the wage gap by raising required qualifications in occupations/sectors employing women
- Outputs: Methods developed and recommendations made for implementation.
- Responsible: CFWA, MLSW, MEDT, MOF.
- Budget figures: 0.048, 0.000, 0.025, 0.023.
- Status/priority marker: P

### 2.1.7 Gender-based assessment of textbooks used in secondary schools and higher education
- Target: Increase in number of textbooks that have gone through a gender-based assessment from 3 in 2005 to 6 in 2009.
- Responsible: CFWA, MOE.
- Budget figures: 0.067, 0.000, 0.002.
- External partner/funder: OSI 0.065.
- Status/priority marker: H

### 2.1.8 Regular collection of information on needs of women entrepreneurs to target support
- Outputs: Survey of women entrepreneurs conducted. Analytical report prepared and practical recommendations developed.
- Responsible: CFWA.
- Budget figures: 0.070, 0.000, 0.000, 0.070.
- Status/priority marker: P

### 2.1.9 Study inclusion of gender breakdown in social and demographic statistics
- Outputs: Analytical report prepared and practical recommendations developed.
- Responsible: CFWA, SSC, other bodies.
- Budget figures: 0.020, 0.000, 0.000, 0.020.
- Status/priority marker: P

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### 3. Reduction in the level of domestic violence and violence in society

### Overview
- Objective: Package of measures developed aimed at reducing the level of violence against women and children.

### 3.1.1 Study need/possibility of drafting and adopting a law to protect against sexual harassment on the job
- Output: Analytical memorandum prepared.
- Responsible: CFWA, MOJ.
- Budget figures: 0.050, 0.000, 0.000, 0.050.
- Status/priority marker: P

### 3.1.2 Estimate scale of domestic violence and violence against women; develop action plan if necessary
- Outputs: Analytical report prepared and practical recommendations developed.
- Responsible: CFWA, SSC, MOJ, MIA.
- Budget figures: 0.050, 0.000, 0.000, 0.050.
- Status/priority marker: P

### 3.1.3 Training programmes for employees who work with victims of violence and trafficking
- Outputs: Training programmes conducted.
- Responsible: MIA, CFWA, MOH.
- Budget figures: 0.070, 0.000, 0.070.
- External partners/funders: UNI-FEM, SDC (0.000).
- Status marker: (no explicit P/H indicated in source)

### 3.1.4 Study establishment of structural unit within MIA to deal with domestic violence and violence against women
- Outputs: Statistical reporting and monitoring methods developed. Data base created for cases of domestic violence and violence against women.
- Responsible: MIA, CFWA.
- Budget figures: 0.020, 0.000, 0.200.
- External partners/funders: UNI-FEM, SDC, EC (0.000).
- Status/priority marker: P

### 3.1.5 Support and establishment of crisis centres and shelters in Dushanbe and provincial centres
- Targets: Number of victims of domestic violence who sought assistance from crisis centres at 75 of the 2005 level. Increase in the number of existing and newly opened crisis centres from 13 in 2005 to 15 in 2009.
- Responsible: MIA, CFWA.
- Budget figures: 0.440, 0.000, 0.300.
- External partners/funders: UNI-FEM, SDC, OSCE, EC 0.140.
- Status/priority marker: H

### 3.1.6 Informational activities to raise awareness and legal literacy regarding polygamy and domestic violence
- Targets: Annual information campaigns conducted. Increase in coverage of public information campaigns from 55% of the population in 2005 to 100% in 2009.
- Responsible: CFWA, MLSW, MOJ.
- Budget figures: 0.170, 0.000, 0.080.
- External partners/funders: UNI-FEM, SDC, OSCE, EC 0.090.
- Status/priority marker: P

### 3.1.7 Informational and educational measures to prevent illegal trafficking in human beings, including child and labour migrants
- Outputs: Annual information campaigns conducted.
- Responsible: CFWA, MIA, MFA.
- Budget figures: 0.090, 0.000, 0.300.
- External partners/funders: USAID, OSI, OSCE, EC.
- Adjustment line in source: -0.210.
- Status/priority marker: H

### 3.1.8 Monitoring and prevention of child labour; reintegration into education
- Outputs: Number of children involved in the worst forms of child labour determined. Increase in the number of children able to return to school.
- Responsible: CFWA, MIA, MLSW, MOE.
- Budget figures: 0.330, 0.000, 0.200.
- External partners/funders: ILO – IPEC 0.130.
- Status/priority marker: H

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### Aggregate budget figures (as presented)
- Total (section-level): 3.240, 0.025, 1.184, 1.661.
- Total spending on the PRS in 2007-2009: 4798.9, 239.3, 2014.1, 0.0, 2545.2.

*Source: _cr0982 - 2. Establishment of effective mechanisms to ensure equal access to resources*

### APPENDIX 2. MONITORING MATRIX

### APPENDIX 2. MONITORING MATRIX

### Macroeconomic development
- Average annual growth in GDP — % — Value in 2005: 6.7 — Value in 2009: 7.0 — Organization: SSC, MEDT
- State budget deficit as a proportion of GDP — % — 2005: 0.2 — 2009: 1.0 — MOF
- State budget revenues as a proportion of GDP — % — 2005: 18.0 — 2009: 20.7 — MOF
- Tax receipts as a proportion of GDP — % — 2005: 16.6 — 2009: 18.6 — MOF
- Average annual inflation rate — % — 2005: 7.1 — 2009: 6.0 — MOF, SSC
- Gross investment in fixed capital as a proportion of GDP — % — 2005: 12.0 — 2009: 20.0 — SSC, NBT, MEDT
- Exports of goods and services as a proportion of GDP — % — 2005: 43.9 — 2009: 47.5 — SSC, NBT, MEDT
- Broad money as a proportion of GDP (outcome) — % — 2005: 7.3 — 2009: 8.5 — NBT
- State budget spending as a proportion of GDP (outcome) — % — 2005: 18.2 — 2009: 21.7 — MOF
- Payments and servicing of external debt as a proportion of GDP (input) — % — 2005: 5.3 — 2009: 4.7 — MOF

### Improvement of the investment climate, private sector and entrepreneurship
- Private sector as a proportion of GDP — % — 2005: 43 — 2009: 55 — SSC
- Annual growth in gross private investment attracted (excluding primary sector) — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 115 — SSC
- Growth in FDI — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 110 — SSC
- Growth in number of registered businesses — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 125 — SSC, MOJ
- Improvement in overall rating of the business climate in Tajikistan — unit — 2005: 133 — 2009: 122 — SCI, SSC
- Improvement in overall rating of the investment climate in Tajikistan — unit — 2005: * — 2009: -10 — SCI, SSC
- Proportion of OPP employees covered by training (outcome) — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 150 — CSA, SCI
- Number of training courses held for entrepreneurs (output) — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 150 — SCI

### Regional cooperation and integration into the global economy
- Foreign trade turnover as a proportion of GDP — % — 2005: 96.8 — 2009: 113.0 — SSC, NBT, MEDT
- Growth in electricity exports, in monetary terms — % — 2005: 8.7 — 2009: 15.0 — MEI, SSC
- Growth in exports of light industrial products (outcome) — % — 2005: 5.2 — 2009: 10.0 — MEI, SSC
- Growth in exports of fruits and vegetables — % — 2005: 5.0 — 2009: 20.0 — MAEP, SSC
- Growth in intra-regional trade — % — 2005: 10.0 — 2009: 30.0 — SSC, MEDT
- Increase in tourists visiting the Republic of Tajikistan — thous. people — 2005: 50.0 — 2009: 300.0 — CYST
- Growth in gross agricultural output — % — 2005: 103.1 — 2009: 120.0 — MAEP
- Growth in labour productivity in agriculture (output) — % — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 125.0 — MAEP

### Food security and development of the agricultural sector
- Increase in average cotton yield — centners/hectare — 2005: 15.6 — 2009: 23.0 — MAEP
- Increase in volume of raw cotton processed domestically — % — 2005: 18.1 — 2009: 30.0 — MAEP
- Increase in exports of agricultural products — % — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 130.0 — MAEP
- Increase in profitability of animal husbandry — % — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 120.0 — MAEP
- Decline in amount of debt owed by farms — % — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 75.0 — MAEP
- Increase in number of farms financed without using futures — number — 2005: 1,200.0 — 2009: 35,000.0 — MAEP
- Decline in degree of salinization of total agricultural land — % — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 98.0 — MRWR
- Decline in degree of swamping of total agricultural land — % — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 97.0 — MRWR
- Increase in rural household income — % — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 115.0 — SSC
- Decline in acute malnutrition among children — % — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 6.2 — MOH
- Decline in iron-deficiency anaemia among children — % — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 29.5 — MOH
- Decline in iron-deficiency anaemia among women — % — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 45.0 — MOH
- Decline in goitre among children — % — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 50.5 — MOH
- Decline in goitre among women (outcome) — % — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 40.8 — MOH
- Number of land-use registration certificates issued for dekhan farms for three years — thous. units — 2005: 25.9 — 2009: 36 — ALGC
- Number of land-use registration certificates issued for subsidiary farming plots for three years — units — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 180,000 — ALGC
- Number of land-share certificates issued for three years — units — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 30,000 — ALGC
- Restoration of agricultural land taken out of use — thous. hectares — 2005: 2.3 — 2009: 7.8 — MRWR
- Growth in dekhan income per tonne of cotton sold — % — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 150.0 — MAEP
- Number of dekhan farms by gender of head of farm (men/women) — thous. people — 2005: 20.1/3 — 2009: 23.5/3.5 — MAEP, ALGC, SSC
- Number of land-use registration certificates issued for individual private farming plots for three years — units — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 9,000 — ALGC
- Number of land-use registration certificates issued for non-agricultural purposes for three years (output) — units — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 9,000 — ALGC

### Development of infrastructure, energy and industry — Transportation
- Road transport freight turnover — million tonne-km — 2005: 1,790.6 — 2009: 2,016.2 — SSC
- Road transport passenger turnover — million passenger-km — 2005: 2,331.4 — 2009: 2,439.8 — SSC
- Length of highways with satisfactory quality — km — 2005: 386.5 — 2009: 1,083.5 — MTC
- Domestic and foreign investment attracted for transportation projects — million dollars — 2005: 83.9 — 2009: 193.7 — MTC
- Increase in volume of freight shipped to Kyrgyzstan by truck — thous. tonnes — 2005: 2.5 — 2009: 95 — ТК, MTC
- Increase in number of foreign airlines operating in Tajikistan (outcome) — unit — 2005: 13 — 2009: 20 — SUAE
- Increase in number of domestic and foreign flights (outcome) — % — 2005: 100/100 — 2009: 120/150 — SUAE
- Length of new (rebuilt) highway sections put into operation (by type) (output) — km — 2005: 143.3/90.7 — 2009: 697.1/227.7 — MTC
- Proportion of transportation agency employees who have received training (output) — % — 2005: 15 — 2009: 35 — CSA

### Development of infrastructure, energy and industry — Communications
- Growth in communications sector as a proportion of GDP (impact) — % — 2005: 1.13 — 2009: 1.56 — SSC
- Density of telephone subscribers — % — 2005: 4 — 2009: 5.4 — MTC
- Increase in number of users of main transmission lines (outcome) — unit — 2005: 0 — 2009: 744 — MTC
- Percentage of MoC employees who have received training — people — 2005: 17 — 2009: 40 — CSA
- Growth in number of licensees in the communications sector — % — 2005: 65 — 2009: 70 — MTC
- Increase in volume of numbers handled by telephone exchanges — unit — 2005: 336,795 — 2009: 406,400 — MTC
- Increase in proportion of the telephone network that has been upgraded (output) — % — 2005: 84 — 2009: 86.8 — MTC

### Development of infrastructure, energy and industry — Energy
- Increase in duration of daily electricity supply (impact) — hour — 2005: 16 — 2009: 20 — MEI
- Decline in the quasi-fiscal deficit (impact) — % — 2005: 20.5 — 2009: 0 — MEI
- Decline in the level of energy losses (impact) — % — 2005: 14 — 2009: 10 — MEI
- Increase in electricity generating capacities — megawatt — 2005: 4,070 — 2009: 6,169.56 — MEI
- Coal production — thous. tonnes — 2005: 98.5 — 2009: 148.56 — MEI
- Oil production — thous. tonnes — 2005: 21.7 — 2009: 29.3 — MEI
- Gas production (outcome) — thous. tonnes — 2005: 29.4 — 2009: 30.5 — MEI
- Number of small HPPs built (outcome) — units — 2005: 9 — 2009: 17 — MEI
- Increase in electricity rates (outcome) — cents — 2005: 0.65 — 2009: 1.65 — EAP, MEI
- Proportion of consumers provided with gas meters — % — 2005: 60 — 2009: 100 — MEI
- Growth in number of electricity consumers (output) — % — 2005: 1.4 — 2009: 2.1 — MEI

### Development of infrastructure, energy and industry — Industry
- Labour productivity — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 116 — SSC
- Industrial output — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 125.6 — SSC
- Industrial exports — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 118 — TC, MTC
- Number of people employed in industry — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 120.5 — SSC
- Proportion of cotton fiber subject to processing — % — 2005: 18.12 — 2009: 30 — MEI, SSC
- Proportion of leather subject to processing — % — 2005: 4.4 — 2009: 10 — MEI, SSC
- Proportion of wool subject to processing — % — 2005: 22.5 — 2009: 32 — MEI, SSC
- Proportion of tobacco and silkworms subject to processing — million dollars — 2005: 100/100 — 2009: 110/120 — MEI, SSC
- Gross output of light and food industry — % — 2005: 100/100 — 2009: 130/125 — SSC
- Investment in the sector — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 130 — SSC
- Number of households with their own (non-centralized) electricity sources (outcome) — units — 2005: 5,600 — 2009: 27,000 — MEI

### Development of education and science — Education
- Children covered by primary and general basic education — % of total number of children of the relevant age — 2005: 97.0 — 2009: 98.0 — MOE, SSC, local authorities
- Overall school attendance rate (outcome) — % — 2005: 88.4 — 2009: 91.0 — MOE, SSC
- Proportion of schools with parent-teacher associations — % — 2005: 30.0 — 2009: 40.0 — MOE, local authorities
- Proportion of administrators in education who have received continuing education and professional development training — % — 2005: 10.0 — 2009: 30.0 — MOE, local authorities
- Proportion of schools financed on a per capita basis — % — 2005: 10.0 — 2009: 20.0 — MOE, local authorities
- Proportion of updated state standards, curricula and study programmes — % — 2005: 10.0 — 2009: 50.0 — MOE
- Proportion of teaching personnel who have received retraining and continuing education and professional development training — % — 2005: 30.0 — 2009: 50.0 — MOE
- Proportion of students in the primary grades who receive hot meals at school — % — 2005: 58.0 — 2009: 60.0 — MOE
- Expansion of school capacity — number of places for students — 2005: 30,739 (2006) — 2009: 92,200.0 — MOE
- Number of schools built — number — 2005: 66 (2006) — 2009: 120.0 — MOE
- Number of classrooms built — 2005: 407 (2006) — 2009: 1,220.0 — MOE
- Number of textbooks published — million units — 2005: 1.8 — 2009: 4.7 — MOE
- Proportion of schools with running water, heating and sanitary and hygiene conditions that meet established standards — % — 2005: 20.0 — 2009: 50.0 — MOE, local authorities
- Number of schools that have received classroom furniture (output) — number — 2005: 100.0 — 2009: 330.0 — MOE, local authorities
- Spending on secondary education as a proportion of total spending on education (input) — % — 2005: 70.0 — 2009: 80.0 — MOE, MOF

### Development of education and science — Science
- Relevance and incorporation of scientific advances into the real sector of the economy as a proportion of total (outcome) — % — 2005: 10.0 — 2009: 30.0 — AS, SSC
- Number of joint developments completed by academic, applied and higher education science (output) — number — 2005: 5.0 — 2009: 20.0 — AS
- Proportion of total current research and development financed on a competitive basis — % — 2005: 0.0 — 2009: 100.0 — AS
- Extrabudgetary financing as a proportion of the total amount of financing for scientific activity — % — 2005: 53.0 — 2009: 70.0 — AS
- Number of facilities renovated for high-priority research — % — 2005: 2.0 — 2009: 20.0 — AS
- Proportion of high-priority research efforts provided with instruments, equipment and reagents — % — 2005: 30.0 — 2009: 50.0 — AS
- Science funding as a proportion of state budget spending on the social sphere (input) — % — 2005: 1.3 — 2009: 2.0 — MOE, MOF

### Development of the health care system
- Mortality rate among children under the age of 5 — 79 (MICS-3) — target/2009: 75 — MOH, SSC
- Infant mortality per 1,000 live births — 65 (MICS-3) — 2009: 62 — MOH, SSC
- Maternal mortality per 100,000 people — 97 (MICS-3) — 2009: 70 — MOH, SSC
- Number of HIV infections — People — 627 (2006) — 2009: not more than 2,500 — MOH, SSC
- Incidence of malaria — 37.4 (2005) — 2009: 20 — MOH, SSC
- Incidence of tuberculosis (WHO figures) — 177 (2004) — 2009: 145 — MOH, SSC
- Incidence of parasitic diseases — 292.9 (2004) — 2009: not more than 292.9 — MOH, SSC
- Incidence of measles per 100,000 people — 2005: 0 — 2009: 0 — MOH, SSC
- Immunization coverage of children up to 1 year of age and older (outcome) — 2005: 93 — 2009: 95 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of births attended by qualified medical personnel — 2005: 83.4 — 2009: 90 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of women of reproductive age with knowledge about sexual reproductive health, reproductive rights and family planning — 2005: 41.5 — 2009: 60 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of population with knowledge about HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment — 2005: 43 — 2009: 75 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of cases of tuberculosis diagnosed and treated through DOTS programmes — % — 2005: 62 — 2009: 100 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of primary health care institutions providing medical care based on family practice mode (output) — % — 2005: 8 — 2009: 15 — MOH, SSC
- Regulatory legal documents governing delivery of fee-based services in the health care system, adopted (output) — Yes/No — 2005: No — 2009: Yes — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of primary health care and reproductive health care institutions that meet established requirements for personnel qualifications and material and technical support in safe motherhood, neonatal care and family planning services — 2005: 48 — 2009: 65 — MOH, SSC
- Safe motherhood and neonatal care protocols introduced at all levels of medical care — 2005: 30 — 2009: 70 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of iodized food products in total consumption of relevant foods — 2005: 63 — 2009: 90 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of fortified and enriched food products in total consumption of relevant foods — 2005: 10 — 2009: 40 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of blood donation and AIDS centres at which diagnostic equipment is regularly available — 2005: 95 — 2009: 100 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of areas with malaria risk covered by anti-malaria prevention measures — 2005: 30 — 2009: 70 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of medical personnel trained in the DOTS strategy — 2005: 40 — 2009: 80 — MOH, SSC
- Newly built and renovated health care institutions as a proportion of total number of treatment and preventive care facilities — 2005: 25 — 2009: 35 — MOH, SSC
- Proportion of health care institutions with equipment, furniture and vehicles that meet established requirements — % — 2005: 30 — 2009: 40 — MOH, SSC
- Spending on primary health care as a proportion of total state budget spending on health care (input) — % — 2005: 25 — 2009: 40 — MOH, SSC

### Improvement of social welfare
- Poverty rate — % — 2005: 64 — 2009: 52 — SSC, MLSW
- Extreme poverty rate (impact) — % — 2005: 18 — 2009: 10 — SSC, MLSW
- State social insurance coverage as a percentage of the economically active population — % — 2005: 33 — 2009: 70 — SSC, MLSW
- Volume of non-insurance payments from state social insurance funds — % of Social Welfare Fund budget — 2005: 27 — 2009: 12 — MLSW
- Average pension for self-employed persons — somoni — 2005: 28.31 — 2009: 102 — MLSW
- Amount of social welfare provided — somoni per person — 2005: 12 — 2009: 90 — MOF, MLSW
- Social services provided (outcome) — thous. people — 2005: 7,974 — 2009: 8,532 — MLSW
- Number of collective contracts concluded — unit — 2005: 2,699 — 2009: 10,000 — RT Council of Trade Unions, MLSW
- Laws adopted — unit — 2005: 4 — 2009: 8 — MLSW
- Methodologies devised and introduced — unit — 2005: 5 — 2009: 10 — MLSW
- Workers trained — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 145 — MLSW
- Job placement of unemployed — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 150 — MLSW
- Number of social service centres established — unit — 2005: 4 — 2009: 10 — MLSW
- Specialization of educational institutions changed — unit — 2005: 0 — 2009: 6 — MLSW
- Educational institutions established for training of social service workers — unit — 2005: 0 — 2009: 1 — MLSW
- Buildings renovated (output) — unit — 2005: 11 — 2009: 7 — MLSW

### Expansion of access to water supply, sanitation and housing and municipal services
- Proportion of urban population with regular access to high-quality water sources — % — 2005: 93 (MICS) — 2009: 96 — SSC, MRWR, KMK
- Proportion of rural population with regular access to high-quality water sources — % — 2005: 49 (MICS) — 2009: 51 — SSC, MRWR, KMK
- Urban population with access to basic sanitary and hygiene conditions — % — 2005: 20 (MICS) — 2009: 47 — MRWR, KMK
- Rural population with access to basic sanitary and hygiene conditions (impact) — % — 2005: 5 (MICS) — 2009: 37 — SSC, KMK
- Number of sanitary zones and water collection facilities upgraded — units — 2005: 14 — 2009: 21 — MRWR, KMK
- Proportion of personnel who have received training — % — 2005: 10 — 2009: 20 — KMK
- Proportion of housing with meters — % — 2005: 30 — 2009: 85 — KMK
- Proportion of urban population with access to housing and municipal services — % — 2005: 35 — 2009: 75 — SSC
- Proportion of rural population with access to housing and municipal services — % — 2005: 5 — 2009: 20 — SSC
- Proportion of housing that is dilapidated, unsafe and in need of major renovation (output) — % — 2005: 65 — 2009: 45 — АСА
- State budget spending on water supply, sanitation and housing and municipal services (input) — % of GDP — 2005: 1.1 — 2009: 2 — SSC
- Spending on public housing as a proportion of total state budget expenditures on housing and municipal services (input) — % — 2005: 5.7 — 2009: 8 — SSC

### Promotion of environmental sustainability
- Area of land covered by forest as a percentage of total land area — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 105 — MAEP, SSC
- Area of land set aside for maintaining ecological diversity (impact) — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 103 — MAEP, SSC
- Area of degraded land and pastureland — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 95 — MAEP, SSC
- Discharge of waste water into surface water and groundwater sources — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 93,0/91,0 — MAEP, SSC
- Point and non-point air pollution — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 96 — MAEP, SSC
- Number of solid household waste disposal sites that meet environmental protection legislation — unit — 2005: 0 — 2009: 6 — MAEP, SSC
- Number of rehabilitated garbage dumps — unit — 2005: 0 — 2009: 18 — MAEP, SSC
- Number of rehabilitated tailing ponds — unit — 2005: 0 — 2009: 2 — MAEP, SSC
- Volume of ozone-depleting substances recovered — tonne — 2005: 0 — 2009: 18.3 — MAEP, SSC
- Volume of pesticides recovered and destroyed (outcome) — tonne — 2005: 0 — 2009: 160 — MAEP, SSC
- Number of waste recycling plants (outcome) — unit — 2005: 0 — 2009: 2 — MAEP, SSC
- Number of sanitary disposal sites for burial of municipal waste meeting international standards (outcome) — unit — 2005: 1 — 2009: 5 — MAEP, SSC
- Number of restored and new environmental monitoring stations with modern equipment — unit/unit — 2005: 15/23 — 2009: 19/36 — MAEP, SSC

### Promotion of gender equality
- Republic of Tajikistan’s development index based on the gender factor — place — 2005: 91 (2004) — 2009: 85 — CFWA, SSC
- Proportion of women in total number of civil service employees — % — 2005: 27.3 — 2009: 35 — SSC, CFWA
- Proportion of women in management positions in executive government bodies (outcome) — % — 2005: 100 — 2009: 111 — SSC, CFWA
- Ratio of males to females enrolled at higher education institutions — % — 2005: 73/27 — 2009: 65/35 — SSC
- Gender gap in wages — % — 2005: 55 — 2009: 49 — SSC, CFWA
- Women as a proportion of the economically active population — % — 2005: 19 — 2009: 25 — CSA, CFWA
- Representation of women and men in local majlisis (councils) of people’s deputies — provincial/city/district — 2005: 17.9/82.1 14.2/85.8 15.6/84.4 — 2009: 25/75 25/75 25/75 — CSA, CFWA
- Time spent on housework — hr/person — 2005: 7 — 2009: 6 — SSC, MLSW
- Number of crimes reported by type, broken down by the gender of the victim — unit — 2005: 38 — 2009: 36 — MIA
- Number of female students studying and living at educational and training centres — person — 2005: 47 — 2009: 82 — SSC, CFWA
- Number of victims of violence who received assistance from crisis centres and other services (output) — person — 2005: 56 — 2009: 67 — MIA

*Source: APPENDIX 2. MONITORING MATRIX (content unit: _cr0982 - APPENDIX 2. MONITORING MATRIX).*

### APPENDIX 3. PRS PRIORITIZATION PRINCIPLES

### APPENDIX 3. PRS PRIORITIZATION PRINCIPLES

### Background and purpose
- Government recognizes need to establish spending priorities given shortage of “development budget” funds to ensure the most effective utilization of resources available to combat poverty.
- Prioritization principle had not been applied in state budget practices; institutional potential for a full-scale system is lacking.
- Introduction will be staged: pilot programmes in several sectors in 2007, followed by introduction throughout the entire PRS and PIP structure.
- Pilot prioritization system will presumably be implemented in education and health care, sectors where SWAp (sector-wide approaches) mechanism will be introduced on an experimental basis.
- Prior to the Medium-Term Budget Framework (MTBF), a rating method is being used to identify priorities for the 2007-2009 PRS.
- National goals and priorities established under the NDS guide measures in the PRS; measures aim at fulfillment of these goals and tasks.
- Government and donors can reallocate internal resources and foreign assistance among sectors based on criterion of greatest effectiveness.

### Scope of measures considered (filters)
- Only new PRS measures without funding (or without full funding) from the state budget, donors or the private sector are to be considered.
  - Current measures, measures with funding, and measures that do not require funding are not to be considered.
  - All new measures (but not tasks) subsequently added to the PRS matrix must go through a priority assessment.
- Two mandatory “filters” for inclusion in the priority measures matrix:
  - (a) Consistency with national priorities as set forth in the NDS (public administration reform, development of the private sector and attraction of investment, development of human potential).
  - (b) Degree of ease in tracking implementation of the measure (it can be monitored, the outcome is clear and well-defined).

### Rating methodology (components and points)
- A rating is established for each PRS measure based on three main components: Type of impact, Feasibility, and Impact on the process of achieving the MDGs.
- Component 1 — Type of impact (maximum 75 points)
  - 1.1 Scope
  - 1.2 Size of impact
  - 1.3 Sustainability
  - Each subcriterion assessed: “low” – 10 points, “average” – 15 points; “high” – 25 points.
  - Maximum for all three criteria: 75 points.
- Component 2 — Feasibility (maximum 75 points)
  - 2.1 Political component
  - 2.2 Organizational-structural component (potential for implementation)
  - 2.3 Time component (speed)
  - Each subcriterion assessed: “low” – 10 points, “average” – 15 points; “high” – 25 points.
  - Maximum for all three criteria: 75 points.
- Component 3 — Impact on the process of achieving the MDGs (maximum 25 points)
  - 3.1 Direct — 25 points
  - 3.2 Indirect — 10 points

### Definitions of assessment terms (as used in the rating)
- “Scope” refers to the coverage of the measure (number of people, regions, etc.).
- “Size of impact” is a measure of the importance of the given measure and its positive impact or effect (extent to which a situation is changed as a result of implementation of the measure).
- “Sustainability” is a measure of the duration of the positive effect of the measure, as well as the possibility of its continuing without ongoing donor support.
- “Political component” is the feasibility of the measure, taking into account difficulties associated with political decision-making or political importance.
- “Organizational-structural component” refers to the feasibility of a measure based on the potential and capacities for its planning, implementation and monitoring.
- “Time component” refers to the feasibility of a measure involving the speed at which certain results are achieved or the time needed for its implementation.

### Scoring, classification, and use of priorities
- Maximum rating a priority can receive is 175 points:
  - 75 points for Type of impact (25 points each for “high” correspondence to the three Type subcriteria).
  - 75 points for Feasibility (25 points each for “high” correspondence to the three Feasibility subcriteria).
  - 25 points for a direct impact on the MDGs.
- Minimum rating is 70 points.
- Classification bands:
  - “Priority (P)” if total score is 70-100.
  - “High priority (HP)” if total score is 101-175.
- The priority rating enables ranking of measures within the PRS sectoral matrix and comparisons among measures in different sectors.
- On the basis of this ranking, the government will identify measures to receive funding, including those for which donor funding will be needed.

*APPENDIX 3. PRS PRIORITIZATION PRINCIPLES*

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