Development Partners See Key Role for the Private Sector in Advancing Tajikistan’s Development Priorities
Dushanbe, 3 July 2018. The private sector will have to play a key role in ongoing efforts to set Tajikistan’s economy onto a transformational “innovative-industrial” track that fosters investments, innovation, and exports, necessitating important reforms to modernise Tajikistan’s economy and strengthen its business climate. Favourable external developments (such as the opening of large markets in Tajikistan’s immediate neighbourhood), paired with strategic decisions taken to invest into an export-oriented energy sector, have created a unique window of opportunity to transform Tajikistan’s economy and create conditions for increased employment and higher wages.The members of the Development Coordination Council (DCC) expressed their support to this socio-economic transformation agenda, formulated along the lines of the National Development Strategy up to 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals. With this message, the development partners shared their vision at the 2018 meeting of the National Development Council and Development Forum, chaired by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon.
“Overcoming post-independence isolation, Tajikistan has an historic opportunity to reconnect to the legacy of the ancient Silk Road, at the intersection between Central, East, and South Asia,” said Jan-Peter Olters, DCC Chair. “The members of the Development Coordination Council are convinced that Tajikistan can take advantage of emerging opportunities and avoid corresponding risks.”
Summary of proceedings DF 2018
Annex 2 – List of participants
Annex 3 – President’s opening statement
Annex 5 – UNRC Opening statement
Annex 8 – President’s closing remarks
Annex 9 – PM opening statement
Annex 10 – SCISPM presentation
Annex 14 – DCC ECD presentation
Annex 16 – DCC Taxation, Private Sector Development presentation