Đăng ký: VietNam News
| (CPV) -ADB has agreed to boost its assistance to Tajikistan by around USD20 million in 2015, raising its full year planned assistance program to USD79 million. “Based on the recent country performance assessment, ADB will increase its annual allocation to Tajikistan by around USD20 million,” said C.C. Yu, ADB’s Country Director for Tajikistan. “The final amount may still change subject to further discussions with the government and funding availability.” The 2015 assistance will be used to support development of the private sector, railways and water resources, and to help strengthen the investment climate. Out of the planned USD79 million, USD20 million will be used to boost the quality and efficiency of the country’s technical and vocational education system. Аnother USD20 million is earmarked for the government’s budgetary support program, which will implement a series of reforms aimed at improving the country’s investment climate to promote private investment and create more jobs. This assistance is especially important given an expected decrease in remittances by Tajik migrant workers, as a result of the sharp depreciation of the Russian ruble. ADB is also preparing a USD30 million project to improve water resource management and to strengthen the climate resilience in the Chubek irrigation area, which will help lift farm incomes. Another USD9 million is being set aside to prepare a railway project. Tajikistan joined ADB in 1998 and, to date, ADB has approved total assistance of around USD1.3 billion in concessional loans, grants, and technical assistance to the country. The ADB-Tajikistan partnership has promoted social development, upgraded and built new infrastructure, expanded agricultural production, and encouraged regional cooperation and trade under the CAREC Program./. |
