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Working with the Business
Community
in Tajikistan
Selected Indicators
• Population: 7,011,556
• Human Development Index: Value is 0.677 (2001) Ranking
113 out of 175 countries (2003)
• GDP - Purchasing Power Parity: USD 6.996m
• GDP per capita- Purchasing Power Parity: USD 1000
• GDP Growth rate: 9.9%
• Population below poverty line: 60%
• 67.2% of the labor force work in Agriculture – Main
produce are: Cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle,
sheep, goats
• Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers,
cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools,
refrigerators and freezers
Tajikistan and the MDG’s
• As is noted in the Government's 2003 Millennium
Development Goal Report, Tajikistan is unlikely to meet
its MDG targets
• The UN's most recent Human Development Report has
identified Tajikistan as the only Top Priority country for
meeting the MDGs in the Central Asian and Eastern
European region
• Tajikistan will be able to supply only a small part of the
total financing requirements for the MDGs
• Therefore, partnering with the Business community in
Tajikistan will add value to UNDP’s efforts in Tajikistan
to attain the goals
Socio-economic issues
• Civil war 1992-1997, Peace Accords signed in 1997, the
war left 60 000 casualties and violence has continued
largely by opposition groups
• As a result of the civil war, there is a large degree of
women-led households
• Labor migration (Russian Federation, UAE and other
countries) stands at 800 000 people according to IOM
(+10%)
• Growing number of Drug addicts, Commercial sex workers
and registered HIV/AIDS cases
• Tajikistan seizes roughly 80 percent of all drugs captured in
Central Asia and stands third world-wide in seizures of
opiates (heroin and raw opium)
Issues and constraints working on Business
Sector Development
• Weak banking sector – Little or no access to credit
for companies
• Corruption
• State control of several industries
• Rules and regulations - the enabling environment
is not there
• Informal business sector is large: low levels of
capital, skills, access to organized markets and
technology, low and unstable incomes and poor
and unpredictable working conditions
What are the next steps? Opportunities and
Ideas
• UNDP’ BRSP resource person undertakes
mission to Tajikistan
• Continue stakeholder meetings and undertake a
more comprehensive assessment of the situation
• Working outside government structures – with
limited bureaucracy - Business sector focus –
while development in governance issues are
taking place
cont.
• Linking Business partnerships to existing
projects whenever possible
• Large potential – Business development is a new
challenge – UNDP role will be defined
• UNDP’s role in working on Business community
development has to be defined
• Linking Business Community Development to
the MDG’s
Envisaged Activities
Sep 2004 - BRSP mission to Tajikistan completed
Nov 2004 - Comprehensive stakeholder analysis
made by various consultations and liaison with
business- and other key stakeholders
Jan 2005 - Sensitization event
March 2005 - Workshop
April 2005 - Press releases/Media
May 2005 - Launching the Tajikistan Glocal
Compact