Projects List

Preparing the Central Asia–South Asia Regional Electricity Market Project

The project preparatory technical assistance (TA) will assess the economic and technical feasibility of electricity trade between Central Asia and South Asian countries through an initial project to export 100MW from Tajikistan/Kyrgyz Republic to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase 3

The technical assistance will help enhance regional cooperation and sustainable socioeconomic development in CAREC countries by rehabilitating the regional transport corridor in Tajikistan.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase II

The project will help increase trade in Central Asia and economic growth in the Rasht Valley and Dushanbe. It will improve and create sustainable regional and national road networks.

Power Rehabilitation, Phase II

The project preparatory technical assistance (TA) will prepare the ensuing investment project, which aims to rehabilitate and upgrade the existing facilities in southern Tajikistan, covering generation, transmission, and distribution.

TSA Air Fleet Upgrade Project

The project will help increase capacity of the aviation industry of Tajikistan and promote closer economic links with the rest of the world, and enhance labor mobility and exchange of goods and services.

Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening for Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development (Tajikistan Component)

This advisory technical assistance (TA) was a continuation of ADB support for customs reform and modernization for Tajikistan following the launch of the Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program in December 2002 under the CAREC Program.

Regional Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Tajikistan Component)

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

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase II

The technical assistance (TA) will assist the government in preparing the Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project (Phase II) for Asian Development Bank financing.

Shagon–Zigar Road Reconstruction, Phase 2

The second phase of the project upgrades the 9.75 kilometer (km), part of the 34 km existing single lane track to Class III standard, of the Shagon-Zigar Road.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase 1

The project will help reduce poverty, by reducing the cost of road transport and improving access to markets, and increase regional trade and cooperation, by rehabilitating the road linking Dushanbe to Nurobod (Darband) in the Rasht Valley, and on to the Kyrgyz Republic and the People's Republic of China.

Strengthening Implementation of Road Maintenance

The technical assistance (TA) was approved together with Loan 2062-TAJ: Dushanbe – Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project (Phase I).

Energy Needs Assessment

The Government of Uzbekistan requested technical assistance from Asian Development Bank to develop the first stage of its energy-saving program.

Hydropower Development Strategy

The technical TA helped the Government of Tajikistan to prepare a hydropower development strategy. The strategy identified for the Tajikistan energy sector the optimal energy development program that will meet domestic energy requirements and realized export opportunities given the energy resources available, existing power investments, and fiscal and other constraints.

Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Tajikistan Component)

The project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) will help prepare Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project to support the East and Central Asia Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (RTFCCP).

Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (Tajikistan Component)

The program will integrate the economies of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan into the world trading system by setting up a regional framework with an effective cooperation mechanism.

Preparing the Regional Gas Transmission Improvement Project in the Central Asia Republics

The TA was to formulate a regional project suitable for ADB financing to improve the gas transmission network in the Central Asia Republics (CARs) to facilitate access to modern energy by the rural poor, regional major cities, and commercial centers.

TSA Air Navigation Systems

The project will modernize Tajikistan's ageing air navigation equipment and support the restructuring of the aviation sector.

Preparing the Second Road Rehabilitation Project

The technical assistance helps the government prepare a feasibility study and preliminary design to rehabilitate selected sections of the Dushanbe-Darband road and selected rural roads. This rehabilitation project is part of Tajikistan's Second Road Rehabilitation Project.

Shagon–Zigar Road Rehabilitation Project

Shagon-Zigar Road lies on the north western bank of the Pyenj River, which forms the southern border of Tajikistan with Afghanistan. The section forms an integral link in the Khulyab - Kalaykhumb Highways.

Tajikistan: Road Network Sustainability Project (Additional Financing)

The additional financing will scale up the scope of the ongoing project, and will enable the government to complete the rehabilitation of a key transport corridor in southern Tajikistan by extending the project section, enhance the scope of the road asset management system (RAMS) of the Ministry of Transport (MOT), and increase beneficiaries of the program aiming at promoting local women's socioeconomic opportunities.