Republic of Tajikistan: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

IMF Staff Country Reports, April 14, 2005

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• Published: April 14, 2005
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451837056.002

Overview

• Purpose: Analyze sources of recent growth in Tajikistan and assess policy implications.
• Core conclusion: Economic growth has been mainly driven by the services sector and a surge in remittances that have been mainly used for private consumption and small-scale private investment.
• Additional coverage: Summarizes recently introduced revisions to the Tax Code and examines the likely impact on households of increasing electricity prices to cost-recovery levels.

Main findings

• Growth drivers:
  • Services sector as a primary engine of recent growth.
  • Surge in remittances, primarily directed to private consumption and small-scale private investment.
• Tax reform:
  • Recent revisions to the Tax Code are characterized as an evolutionary step in simplifying the tax system and setting the base for better revenue administration.
• Household impact analysis:
  • Examination of the likely impact on households from raising electricity prices to cost-recovery levels.

Policy implications and recommendations

• Revenue administration:
  • Continue reforms to simplify the tax system and strengthen revenue administration based on the Tax Code revisions.
• Household protection:
  • Assess and design measures to mitigate the impact on households from electricity-price increases aimed at cost recovery, taking into account the reliance on remittances for consumption.

Key statistics and publication metadata

• Pages: 103
• Volume: 2005
• Issue: 131
• Series: Country Report No. 2005/131
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451837056.002
• Stock No: 1TJKEA2005002
• ISBN: 9781451837056
• ISSN: 1934-7685
• Publication date: April 14, 2005

International Monetary Fund. "Republic of Tajikistan: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix", IMF Staff Country Reports 2005, 131 (2005).

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