Republic of Tajikistan: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

IMF Staff Country Reports, January 7, 2003

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Bibliographic details

• Published: January 7, 2003
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836974.002

Overview

• This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines banking sector developments in the Republic of Tajikistan.
• The paper estimates quasi-fiscal activities in the energy sector.
• It provides an assessment of external sector trade and the need for further trade reform.
• Developments in the agriculture sector are assessed.
• The paper highlights that the lessons that emerge from recent experience indicate that weak institutions in Tajikistan have resulted in erratic implementation of structural reforms, which threaten the sustainability of the economy’s improved macroeconomic stability.

Banking sector developments

• Examination of banking sector developments in the Republic of Tajikistan.
• Focus areas include bank supervision, banking system structure, commercial banks, joint stock entities, and financial institutions.

Energy sector: quasi-fiscal activities

• Estimates of quasi-fiscal activities in the energy sector are provided.
• Implication: quasi-fiscal activities are material enough to warrant explicit estimation and discussion.

External sector, trade, and reform needs

• Assessment of external sector trade is presented.
• The paper identifies the need for further trade reform.
• Subject keywords related to this theme include: Exports, Imports, International trade, Tariffs, trading company.

Agriculture sector developments

• Developments in the agriculture sector are assessed.
• Subject keywords related to this theme include: Agricultural commodities.

Institutional lessons and macroeconomic sustainability

• Key finding: weak institutions in Tajikistan have resulted in erratic implementation of structural reforms.
• Policy implication: erratic implementation of structural reforms threatens the sustainability of the economy’s improved macroeconomic stability.

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