Projects List

Dushanbe–Uzbekistan Border Road Improvement Project

The project covers rehabilitation and upgrade of the 62-kilometer road linking the city of Dushanbe to the Uzbek border and connecting Tajikistan to the Russian Federation to the north (via Uzbekistan) with onward links to Turkey and Western Europe.

Dushanbe–Uzbekistan Border Road Improvement Project

Roads Improvement Project

The proposed project will contribute to reducing the country's transport costs by rehabilitating and reconstructing the Zarafshan Valley's road outlet, and improving traffic safety and technical standards for the Sayron-Karamik section of the CAREC Corridor 3.

CAREC Corridor 3 (Dushanbe–Uzbekistan Border) Improvement Project

The project will increase national and regional trade, and further economic growth due to improved connectivity and mobility along the Tajikistan sections of CAREC Corridor 3.

Power Supply Options Study

The World Bank undertook this study to assist the Government of Tajikistan in finding ways to overcome the current electricity shortages and establish a sound basis for meeting the growing electricity demand in Tajikistan, with a particular focus on the recurring winter shortages which amount to about 24% of winter demand.

Shagon–Zigar Road Reconstruction, Phase III

The third phase of the project upgrades the 18.75 kilometer (km), part of the 34 km existing single lane track to Class III standard, of the Shagon–Zigar Road.

Technology Transfer and Market Development for Small-Hydropower in Tajikistan

The project aims at initiating UNDP Tajikistan’s strategy – the scaling up of pilot activities for the acceleration of progress towards the achievement of MDGs with a particular focus on improving access to renewable energy in rural regions for the purpose of poverty reduction and triggering economic development.

Regional Power Transmission Project

The project will include the construction of two new 220-kilovolt transmission lines totaling 140 kilometers, and the rehabilitation of substations. It will support reforms, including restructuring state-owned utility Barki Tojik.

Energy Emergency Recovery Assistance Project, Additional Financing

The objective of the Additional Financing for the Energy Emergency Recovery Assistance Project for Tajikistan is to urgently increase the volume and reliability of the national energy supply, especially in the winter season, by supporting the implementation of the Energy Emergency Management Action Plan.

Support to Sustainable Transport Management in Dushanbe

The project aims to reduce local and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to improve access to and the quality of public transport services for all Dushanbe residents.

Regional Power Rehabilitation

Individual consultants will be recruited to prepare the Regional Power Rehabilitation Project in Tajikistan for Asian Development Bank financing.

Regional Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project

The project aims to improve the efficiency and transparency of customs services and reinforce the ongoing customs legal reforms and simplification of custom procedures and facilitate trade and promote regional customs cooperation through concerted customs reforms and modernization in the region.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase II (Supplementary)

The supplementary grant will reinforce the original project’s impact and outcome, contributing to integrated and efficient regional road transport and trade links, and creating improved access to market and social services.

Reconstruction of Kulyab–Khalaikum Road

Strengthening Early Recovery Capacities in Tajikistan

The main objective of this project is to contribute to addressing the underlying causes and mitigating the negative effects of the current compound (i.e. water, energy, food insecurity and disaster risk) crisis affecting Tajikistan.

Support for Urban Search/Rescue

UNDP Tajikistan managed a series of capacity building projects to build search and rescue (SAR) capacities. UNDP and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) constructed a SAR training field and other training facilities in Dushanbe to enhance the practical training for rescuers.

Support to National Disaster Risk Response

The purpose of the project is an increased capacity of the disaster management with regard to disaster response preparedness of the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan.

Nurek 500 kV Switchyard Reconstruction Project

The project will replace outdated equipment and build a new 500 kilovolt Nurek switchyard within the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant complex.

Energy Emergency Recovery Assistance Project

The project will urgently increase the amount and reliability of the national energy supply, especially in the winter season, by supporting the implementation of Tajikistan's Energy Emergency Mitigation Action Plan.

Expanding Trade by Connecting Central Asia Countries

This study focuses on three countries of Central Asia —Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan—and applies the framework used by the World Development Report 2009. The study recommends that these three countries anchor their export diversification and growth strategy on three spatial scales—urban (leading city), area (city-hinterland), and regional (integration with regional markets).