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Improving Regional Cooperation to Better Manage Disaster Risks in Central Asia

In Central Asia, a vast region that includes Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, natural disasters can come in many forms – from persistent floods and droughts to rapid-onset events such as earthquakes, avalanches, and landslides.

How to Develop Tourism in Tajikistan?

An interview with Andrea Dall’Olio, Lead Financial Sector Economist at the World Bank, about Tajikistan’s tourism potential and what the country can do to respond to increasing international tourist demand.

Expanding food trade in Central Asia through modernizing sanitary and phytosanitary measures

Agriculture and livestock exports present huge opportunities for countries in Central Asia. However, countries in the region face significant problems related to sanitary (animals) and phytosanitary (plants) standards, which currently do not meet the quality-control requirements of many countries. (Photo credit: World Bank)

The race between education and technology in Europe and Central Asia

While enrollment in tertiary education worldwide has gone up threefold since 1970, the overall returns to education–the benefits to individuals and society from investment in education–have not changed during the past 5 decades.

Road Upgrade Improves School Environment and Living Conditions in Kabul Neighborhood

Until recently, schoolchildren faced daily challenges reaching their neighborhood school in Kabul because of the poor state of the street leading to the school. The children and neighborhood residents now enjoy clean streets, less pollution, and lower transport costs thanks to the efforts of Kabul Municipality under the Kabul Municipality Development Program.

Road Safety: An Integral Part of the World Bank’s Mission

The World Bank and the Global Road Safety Facility are working closely together to protect lives on the road and tackle all dimensions of the road safety challenge, from road design to vehicle standards and institutions.

Canal Rehabilitation Boosts Output and Income for Thousands in Northern Afghanistan

The Irrigation Restoration Development Project supports rehabilitation of irrigation systems that serve some 215,000 hectares of land across Afghanistan.

Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure projects are expected to cut trade costs and enhance foreign investment in Central Asia and South Caucasus countries.

Kabul: Renovated Road Boosts Business and Connects a Community

Residents of a district in Kabul Province have seen significant improvements to their lives after the main road through their villages was paved. The road rehabilitation, undertaken by the Afghanistan Rural Access Project, has meant quicker access to health care and markets and resulted in more people moving to the area.

Modern Horticultural Practices Improve Rural Livelihoods in Northern Afghanistan

Supported by the National Horticulture and Livestock Project, farmers are turning their previously uncultivable land into a source of income by growing crops, such as pistachio, that thrive in arid conditions.