Results of the World Bank’s High Frequency “Listening to Tajikistan” Survey Available Online

DUSHANBE, February 8, 2016 – The results of the high frequency survey Listening to Tajikistan covering the period of September to November 2015 were published today on the World Bank Tajikistan website. The survey aimed at measuring the impact of the economic slowdown in 2015 on households in Tajikistan was initiated by the World Bank in May 2015, with the opening of the high season for many workers from Tajikistan working abroad. The Listening to Tajikistan survey collects household data to analyze migration and remittances, income and employment, deprivation and subjective wellbeing, and quality of and access to electricity and water services. It tracks the wellbeing and deprivations of a nationally representative random sample of 800 households in Tajikistan.

Detailed results of from Listening to Tajikistan survey are available on the website: http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/tajikistan/brief/listening2tajikistan