DUSHANBE, September 4, 2014, Asia-Plus — On Thursday September 4, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received the World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia Saroj Kumar Jha and new World Bank Country Manager in Tajikistan Patricia Veevers-Carter.
According to the Tajik president’s official website, the sides discussed issues related to cooperation between Tajikistan and the World Bank and ways of efficient implementation of the Country Partnership Strategy for Tajikistan 215-2018, which sets out priority goals in the framework of cooperation between the World Bank Group and the Government of Tajikistan, which will further support efforts to reduce poverty and promote shared prosperity in the country.
The sides reportedly stressed that support for development of private sector in Tajikistan, improvement of investment climate in the country, bringing Tajikistan out of transport deadlock and providing access of the population to social services are priorities of the World Bank’s activities in Tajikistan.
The active World Bank portfolio in Tajikistan now reportedly consists of 14 projects with net commitments of US$232 million.
Tajikistan joined the World Bank in 1993 and the International Development Association (IDA) in 1994. Since 1996, the World Bank has provided US$ 955 million in IDA credits, grants, and trust funds to improve people’s lives in Tajikistan.
