Country Profiles: Tajikistan

Cumulative Public Sector Loans as of December 16, 2008

Project Loans	millions of US dollars
Agriculture & agro-industry	-
Education	2.000
Energy	10.900
Health	10.350
Industry	-
Multi-sectoral and other	-
National Development Banks	-
Telecommunications	-
Transportation	17.500
Water Supply & Sewerage	-
TOTAL	37.250

Recently Concluded Loan Agreements

For greater detail on the project/program or information on procurement opportunities, requests must be addressed directly to the executing agency (ies) of the project/program.

April 21, 2008 Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation, Phase II (US$3.5 million)

Purpose:

To rehabilitate a key transport corridor linking the capital Dushanbe to Darband on the Kyrgyz border

Activities:

improvement of an 89 km-long stretch of a two-lane highway, as well as 60 km of rural feeder roads; installation of drainage facilities; replacement, repair and construction of bridges; and consultancy services.

Project cost:

US$42.4 million

Co-financiers:

AsDB, Government of Tajikistan

Executing Agency:

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Implementation period:

3 years

September 6, 2007 Regional Interconnection Transmission

Purpose:

To modernize the interconnected electricity transmission systems of Tajikistan and Afghanistan and enhance power trade relations between the two countries

Activities:

construction of a 220 kV double-cicuit transmission line to link the Golovnaya hydropower plant with the Afghanistan border; and consultancy services.

Project cost:

US$45.5 million

Co-financiers:

Asian Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, Government of Tajikistan

Executing Agency:

Barki Tajik (State-owned electricity company)

Implementation period:

3.5 years