Eng - UNDP in Tajikistan

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
Multilateral
Asian Development Bank
Contact: Mr. Makoto Ojiro
Country Director for Tajikistan
Tel: 221-05-58 Fax: 224-49-00
E-mail: adbtjrm@adb.org
Website: www.adb.org
Organization Profile
The work of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is aimed at improving the welfare of the people in Asia and the Pacific. ADB is a
multilateral development financial institution owned by 67 members, 48 from the Asia and Pacific region and 19 from other parts of the
globe. ADB's vision is a region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality
of life of their citizens. ADB's main instruments for providing help to its developing member countries are: policy dialogue, loans, technical
assistance, grants, guarantees, equity investments. ADB's strategic priorities are: economic growth; human development; gender and
development; good governance; environmental protection; private sector development; regional cooperation.
Past and Current Programmes
Tajikistan joined ADB in 1998. As outlined in the Country Operations Business Plan for 2008-2010, ADB assistance program in Tajikistan
focuses on rural development, and the three priority areas under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program
(transport; water and energy; and trade facilitation). As of end 2007, Tajikistan has received $352.50 million in loans, $33.00 million in
technical assistance, and $39.50 million in grants.
Future Programming Direction
ADB's lending program for Tajikistan for 2007-2008 based on the country performance assessment exercise is $63.24 million. The proposed
2008-2010 lending and grant program comprises three programs and three projects worth a total of $185.0 million. Eight technical assistance
projects totaling $4.7 million are in the nonlending program for 2008-2009. The proposed 2008 lending program includes the Agri-Cotton
Sector Restructuring Program I. This proposed program would complement the work already done and ongoing by other donors and ADB to
avert a significant crisis facing the cotton industry of Tajikistan and the risk of market collapse.
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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