Projects List

Rural Electrification Project

The Tajikistan Rural Electrification Project will finance the construction of electricity generation and distribution infrastructure to provide off-grid solutions or connect to the central grid vulnerable communities in Tajikistan’s eastern Gorno–Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) and southern Khatlon region.

East–West Highway (Khevi–Ubisa Section) Improvement Project

The proposed project will improve the Khevi–Ubisa section and improve operations and maintenance of the road network, as well as road safety

Energy Efficiency Facility for Industrial Enterprises, Phase 3

Phase 3 of the project will continue to finance energy-saving investments in both large industrial enterprises and industrial SMEs, and support energy efficiency capacity development through targeted technical assistance.

District Heating Energy Efficiency Project

The project development objective is to improve the efficiency and quality of heating and hot water services in selected cities within the territory of Uzbekistan.

Heat Supply Improvement Project

The development objective of the project project for Kyrgyz Republic is to improve the efficiency and quality of heating in selected project areas.

Nurek Hydropower Rehabilitation Project, Phase 1

The objectives of the first phase of Nurek Hydropower Rehabilitation Project for Tajikistan are to rehabilitate and restore the generating capacity of three power generating units of Nurek hydropower plant, improve their efficiency, and strengthen the safety of the Nurek dam.

Modernization and Upgrade of Transmission Substations

The project will improve the performance of the energy sector by rehabilitating 22 high-priority substations in Tashkent City and 10 regions of the country, reducing technical losses and operations and maintenance costs.

Pap–Angren Railway

The project will reduce transport costs and increase transport capacity and reliability through the construction of a rail link between the Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley and the rest of Uzbekistan.

Electricity Supply Accountability and Reliability Improvement Project

The objective of the proposed Electricity Supply Accountability and Reliability Improvement project is to improve the reliability of the electricity supply in the capital city Bishkek, as well as the Chui and Talas regions—an area served by the state-owned power distribution company Severelectro JSC—and to strengthen the governance of Severlectro’s operations.

Energy Efficiency Project

The project consists of two components: investment and technical assistance. The first part will finance eligible subprojects to support a reduction in energy use of public buildings such as schools, kindergartens, clinics/hospitals, and street lighting. The second part concerns technical assistance to help ensure effective project implementation.

Energy Sector Dialogue

Enhancing Regional Power Trade Study

The World Bank commissioned a study to estimate unrealized benefits from regional power trade for the four Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan during the period from 2010–2014.

East–West Roads Project (Almaty–Korgos Section): Western Europe–Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC 1b)

The project will increase transport efficiency along the Western Europe–Western China Road Corridor within Almaty Oblast and will modernize highway management on sections of the Western Europe–Western China Road Corridor.

Addressing Trade Logistics Bottlenecks and Facilitating International Trade and Transportation in Central Asia

The project is funded by the Trade Facilitation Facility, a$40 million multi-donor trust fund launched in April 2009 to help developing countries improve their competitiveness through concrete improvements in their trade facilitation systems and by reducing trade costs, with initial emphasis on Africa and low-income countries.

Afghanistan Diagnostic Trade Integration Study

A diagnostic trade integration study (DTIS) evaluates internal and external constraints on a country’s integration into the world economy, and recommends areas where technical assistance and policy actions can help the country overcome these barriers.

National Road Rehabilitation (Osh–Batken–Isfana), Second Additional Financing

The second additional financing for the national road rehabilitation project contributes to the reduction of transport costs and travel time along the Osh–Batken–Isfana road corridor; improves road safety planning; and repairs and rehabilitates road infrastructure in and around Osh and Jalal–Abad cities.

Talimarjan Transmission Project

The objective of the Talimarjan Transmission Project for Uzbekistan is to improve the reliability of the electricity supply to residential and business consumers in South–Western Uzbekistan.

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.

Alma Electricity Transmission Project

The project will improve the reliability and quality of electricity supply to consumers in the Almaty region in an environmentally responsible and financially sustainable manner. This will be achieved by expanding the capacity of Almaty's transmission network to provide additional capacity and redundancy in the system for uninterrupted supply of electricity.

National Road Rehabilitation (Osh–Batken–Isfana), First Additional Financing

The additional financing will contribute to the reduction of transport costs and travel time along the Osh–Batken–Isfana Road corridor.