Eng - UNDP in Tajikistan

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
Multilateral
The World Bank Group
Contact: Ms. Chiara Bronchi
Country Manager
Tel: 221-07-56, 221-03-81 Fax: 251-00-42
E-mail: cbronchi@worldbank.org
Website: www.worldbank.org
Organization Profile
The World Bank Group which consists of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development
Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the International
Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has one overarching goal: helping its borrowers reduce poverty.
The IBRD and IDA make loans and credits to borrower governments for projects and programs that promote economic and social progress by
helping raise productivity so that people may live better lives. Along with these loans/credits, the World Bank provides policy advice,
technical assistance and help mobilize resources.
The IBRD was established in 1945 and is now owned by 184 member countries. The IDA was established in 1960 and is now owned by 164
members. IDA provides assistance to the poorest developing countries that cannot meet the IBRD terms. IDA provides credits to poorest
countries - mainly those with an annual per capita gross national product of $925 (in 1997 US dollars) or less. By this creation, eighty-one
countries are eligible, Tajikistan being one of them. These are concessional credits: 40 years repayment period, 10 years grace period and
interest rate sero (with service fee of 0.75%)
The Republic of Tajikistan became a member of the World Bank on June 4, 1993. A liaison Bank office was first established in October 196
and then up-graded to a full-fledge Country Office in December 1998.
Past and Current Programmes
Since 1996 IDA has approved nineteen projects (plus three supplemental credits) for a total commitment of about USD 333 million. Up to
date, the Bank supported projects and carried out non-lending activities aimed at structural adjustment, agriculture and rural development,
health, education, social security, infrastructture rehabilitation, disaster management and other. Two structural reform credits have supported
economic reforms which along with the peace agreement, have led to turnaround in economic growth.
The World Bank Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Tajikistan (FY 06-09) is focused on three narrow goals: supporting growth in the
immediate future by improving domestic economic opportunities, laying the foundation for future growth by preserving and enhancing the
human capital, and exploiting the country’s energy potential. Specifically,
• To improve business opportunities in rural and urban areas, the Bank Group, with the IFC in the lead, is supporting the
strengthening of the financial sector, reduce the cost of doing business and, with IDA in the lead, support measures to improve access to
agricultural land and reduce rent extraction in the cotton sector.
• To enhance and preserve the quality of the human capital, the Bank Group is helping improve the system of resource allocation to
education and health, create conditions for better teaching and primary school attendance, increase utilization of primary health care, and
increase the supply of safe water in selected areas.
• To exploit the country’s hydropower potential, the Bank Group is supporting efforts to increase efficiency of the domestic energy
sector through improved cost recovery, and is assisting the Government in attracting foreign investment in the hydropower sector.
The term of the current Country Partnership Strategy will finish on June 30, 2009 (when the WB fiscal year comes to an end).
World Bank is assisting the Government in achieving objectives of its second Poverty Reduction Strategy for 2007-2009, which is based on
the country’s development vision reflected in the National Development Strategy (NDS) for 2005-2015.
Bank had supported the Government in the NDS preparation process via providing comments to the document and being the member, along
with ADB and UNDP, of the Coordination Committee chaired by the Prime Minister and established by the President for the purposes of
NDS and PRSP2 development and implementation.
The World Bank helped the Government organize four Donors’ Consultative Group Meetings for Tajikistan since 1996 in Tokyo, Paris, and
Dushanbe, where donors have pledged from USD 185 million at the first meeting to USD 900 million (USD 200 milliom in humanitarian
assistance) over three years at the fourth meeting held in Dushanbe in May 2003. The degree of materialization of these pledges has been
uneven.
The Tajikistan Development Forum brought together development partners of the country in Tajik capital on June 2, 2007. Forum provided
an important opportunity to assess the implementation of the Tajikistan first Poverty Reduction Strategy and carry out an open dialogue
between government representatives, development partners and the civil society on the implementation of the country’s National
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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