Seminar on the topic "Successful implementation of the National Development Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for the period up to 2030", dedicated to the 30th anniversary of cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the World Bank

On June 5, 2023, in the city of Dushanbe, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, with the participation of heads of ministries and departments, development partners and public organizations, a seminar was held on the topic “Successful implementation of the National Development Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for the period up to 2030”, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of cooperation of the Republic of Tajikistan with the World Bank.

The event was opened by Antonella Bassani – Regional Vice-President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia and Nematullo Hikmatullozoda - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan for Economic Affairs, noting the ongoing and mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the World Bank, as well as emphasizing the significant contribution of this organization to the sustainable development of the country.

The Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin spoke at the seminar on the topic “National Development Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for the period up to 2030: achievements and further priorities”.

Zavqizoda Z. A. noted that under the wise policy of the Founder of Peace and National Unity - the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, respected Emomali Rahmon, a number of significant reforms were carried out in 2016-2022 in order to strengthen the dialogue between the state and the private sector at the national and regional levels, bring the investment and business environment to the requirements of international norms, the republic's accession to the WTO, the UN Convention on the recognition of decisions of foreign arbitration courts, the Hague Convention on the legalization of foreign public documents, providing access to financial instruments, business development infrastructure, reforming the licensing system, the taxation system and checking the activities of business entities , creating an organizational and legal framework for partnership between the state and the private sector, modernizing public services for entrepreneurs and investors.

As a result of the measures taken by the Government of the Republic in 2016-2022, together with development partners, macroeconomic stability was ensured in the country, the average annual GDP growth was more than 7%, and the volume of GDP increased by 1.6 times.

During this period, the monetary incomes of the population increased by 1.9 times and the number of entrepreneurs increased by 1.6 times, while the poverty rate decreased from 31.3% to 26.3%.

The share of exports in foreign trade turnover increased from 20% to 31%, while the share of imports decreased from 80% to 69%.

The volume of industrial production increased by 1.9 times, agricultural production - by 1.4 times, which made it possible to provide the domestic market with domestically produced products.

During this period, two new blocks of the Rogun HPP were put into operation, more than 2,000 MW of new capacities were put into operation.

The effective reforms of the Government of the country were recognized by the international community and created a favorable basis for improving the position of the Republic of Tajikistan in a number of international assessments. In particular, during this period, according to the World Bank, the Republic of Tajikistan was among the 10 leading countries in the world in terms of poverty reduction, four times in the list of 10 leading countries-reformers according to the "Entrepreneurship" of the World Bank, 10 leading countries according to the World Bank trilemma in terms of energy security, ranks 6th in the world in the use of "green" energy (99.6% of electricity) according to the World Bank, ranks 2nd in the international assessment of access to electricity, ranks 50th in the World Economic forum in terms of the quality of road infrastructure and 37th place in terms of the efficiency of the railway service among 141 countries of the world.

The event was also attended by leaders and representatives of international organizations, including Antonio Nucifora - World Bank Manager for Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment, Lalita Murthy - World Bank Regional Director for Balanced Development, Finance and Institutions, who presented the country's challenges on the path to sustainable development and the necessary further reforms and the role of the World Bank in this process, Head of the World Bank Country Office in the Republic of Tajikistan, Chairman of the Country Development Partners Coordination Council - Ozan Sevimli, Tatyana Proskuryakova - World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia and Fayziddin Kahhorzoda - Minister of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan and others took part in an exchange of views on various issues.

Representatives of development partners appreciated the economic and social reforms carried out by the Government of the Republic to achieve strategic goals and priorities, and expressed their readiness to carry out further reforms and increase their assistance and support to ensure sustainable economic, social and environmental development