DUSHANBE, February 8, 2010, Asia-Plus — The “Tajikistan Doing Business Reforms Program 2009-2011” is being presented in Dushanbe today afternoon.
According to press release issued by the World Bank Country Office in Tajikistan, the World Bank Group (WBG) has been actively involved in providing technical assistance to the Government of Tajikistan in order to improve its ranking on the World bank Group’s Doing Business indicators in line with the agenda of the Government’s “200 Days of Reforms” plan since December 2008.
As a result of this work which was realized in active cooperation with government agencies and donor and other international organizations, Tajikistan has improved its rating in the Doing Business 2010 Report by 12 places, moving up from the 164th position to the 152nd. Tajikistan recorded 5 positive reforms in the areas of Starting a business, Dealing with construction permits, Getting Credit, Protecting investors and Closing a business, and became one of the top ten global reformers in 2008-2009.
At the response of the Government of Tajikistan’s request to continue this technical assistance, the WBG and DFID teams created a joint project – Doing Business Reform Program 2009-2011 – that aims at further strengthening the support to the government to improve the business environment and investment climate in the country. The Project has identified 3 priority indicators (Dealing with construction permits, Registering a property and Trading across borders) for the years of 2009-2011 on which improvement and results can be achieved both in short- and medium-term. The Project team will also continue supporting work on other Doing Business indicators and by cooperating with related stakeholders it will ensure to maximize the results of the existing projects led by various donors.
Doing Business is an annual report, investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 183 economies. Regulations affecting 10 stages of the life of a business are measured: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business.
