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Water Resources Management in Pyanj River Basin Project The proposed Water Resources Management in the Pyanj River basin (PRB) Project will improve institutional and physical capacities of water resources management (WRM) system in PRB of southern Tajikistan, and it will: (i) establish a PRB organization, council, and Joint PRB committee, and develop a PRB management plan; (ii) modernize and climate-proof the Chubek Irrigation System (CIS); and (iii) improve farm and water use management capacities.  

The impact of the proposed project will be increased farm incomes in CIS area of PRB. The outcome will be increased agricultural water productivity in CIS area of PRB. The key outputs will be (i) WRM capacity improved in PRB; (ii) WRM infrastructure in PRB modernized and climate-proofed; (iii) farm management and water use capacities increased; and (iv) efficient and effective project management system. The installation of a sediment basin, the replacement of pumps and motors in the pump stations with energy efficient ones, and more profitable farm management to enable them to pay water use levies will result in more sustainable O&M of CIS. 

ALRI will be the executing agency to manage the overall project implementation. MEWR will be the implementing agency responsible for implementing output 1. Considering that the reform of WRM system is still ongoing, implementation arrangement will be further clarified during project preparation. A representative to be appointed by ALRI and MEWR each will serve as the project director and the deputy project director, respectively. The international competitive bidding will be the majority of procurement, and all procurement will follow ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2013, as amended from time to time). Consulting firms will be recruited to support the project implementation following ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time).   

The proposed project is categorized as "complex." While MLRWR had reasonable administration capacity for externally financed projects including ADB's financed projects, it should be confirmed during project preparation whether ALRI inherited the capacity from MLRWR. The proposed project will be category B for impact on involuntary resettlement, C for impact on indigenous peoples, and B for impact on environment. 

PPTA will be implemented over a period of 11 months (July 2014-May 2015).
Sustainable Cotton Subsector Project The project's impact is the development of an economically sustainable cotton subsector in Tajikistan's two major cotton-growing regions, Khatlon and Sughd. Its outcome is for the debt-restructured cotton farms in Vose and Yovon raions of Khatlon and Mastchoh and Zafarabad raions in Sughd to sustainably improve their financial viability based on market principles. 

The Project will provide three key outputs to achieve the desired outcome. The two key outputs in the four selected cotton-producing raions are that (i) the strategies, policy measures, and mechanisms to effectively address and resolve indebtedness of cotton farms are in place; and (ii) participating commercial banks (PCBs) provide suitable financing products and services to the debt-restructured cotton farms.  At the supply chain's marketing level, the Project's third output is putting into effect grading and marketing regulations, a joint venture established by the Government with an internationally recognized cotton classification organization, and bonding warehousing of cotton following international standards.  To support the delivery of the outputs, an effective Common Center for Project Management will be established.
Access to Green Finance Project The project will leverage Tajikistan's sound microfinance system to provide credit for households and microenterprises for energy efficient and environment-friendly homes.

The grant will comprise project implementation support of $1.2 million and $8.8 million for 5-year, local currency denominated credit lines to selected microfinance institutions (MFIs). The interest rate on the credit lines will be the NBT refinancing rate, reset annually.

An additional technical assistance (TA) grant of $750,000, provided by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), will build the capacity of MFIs and the project management unit (PMU) to facilitate efficient green finance intermediation and promote energy efficiency in the country, particularly for rural households and women.
Power Sector Development Program The proposed Power Sector Development Program (PSDP) will accelerate the implementation of on-going reforms and restore financial sustainability of the power sector in Tajikistan. ADB has supported Tajikistan power sector reforms through the ongoing Sector Operation Performance Improvements (SOPI) program, which has built the basis for the fundamental reform program of PSDP that includes unbundling of the vertically integrated power utility company, restructuring of the utility's excessive liabilities, establishment of a regulator, adoption of a tariff methodology, and establishment of a new centralized cash control system among unbundled entities. As a part of reforms and institutional capacity building, a newly established power distribution company will be given a 5-year management contract. Investments in the retail advanced metering system in Dushanbe and 6 other cities will also fill the key deficiencies in the sector's power loss accounting and bill collection systems. The program is included in the Country Operations Business Plan, 2019-2021. A separately approved transaction technical assistance facility (FTRTA) will be used to finalize due diligence activities.
Investment Climate Reforms Program (Subprogram 1) The Investment Climate Reforms Program is a policy-based programmatic approach with three subprograms of reforms that promote private sector development and expansion of economic opportunities. The program provides budget support to (i) reduce costs of doing business, (ii) strengthen protection for businesses, and (iii) increase business innovation and productivity.

Under the program, ADB provides the government with advice on the design and implementation of new policy and institutional mechanisms to improve the investment climate. ADB budget support also provides the government with incentives to undertake reforms that otherwise would be delayed or not implemented. ADB support is important because the political system is often divided and vested interests resist economic policy changes. The programmatic approach is the best modality to implement the required reforms in a chronologically sequenced manner.
Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Irrigation and Drainage Modernization in the Vakhsh River Basin Project The project is the first gender equity themed irrigation and drainage (I&D) investment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Tajikistan. The project will enhance climate resilience, water productivity, and the income of female and male farmers by modernizing selected areas of the Yovon I&D system, located in Khatlon province of the lower Vakhsh river basin. The project will introduce (i) climate- and disaster-resilient modernization of prioritized I&D infrastructure, (ii) streamlined institutions and systems for effective planning and operation and maintenance (O&M) of I&D infrastructure, and (iii) policies and strategies for gender equality to enhance women?s participation in land and water management.
Nurek 500 kiloVolt (kV) Switchyard Reconstruction Project The Nurek 500 kV Switchyard Reconstruction Project (the Project) will build a new Nurek 500 kV switchyard on a new site within the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP) complex to replace the existing Nurek 500kV switchyard. The existing 500 kV equipment will be dismantled and used mostly as spare parts for other 500 kV substations.
Maternal and Child Health Integrated Care Project The project is aligned with the following impact: improved health status and well-being of mothers and children in the project districts. The project will have the following outcome: improved coverage of women and children with quality maternal and child health (MCH) services in the project districts. Project districts are: Fayzobod, Rasht and Shamsiddin Shohin.

The project outputs are (i) integrated delivery of quality maternal and child care services in project districts improved; (ii) infrastructure and equipment for MCH services in project districts rationalized and improved; and (iii) knowledge of maternal and child health and health seeking behaviors in project districts improved. 

Output 1: Integrated delivery of quality maternal and child care services in project districts improved. 
The project will: (i) formulate a strategy for planning and deploying human resources, build institutional capacity for CME; and strengthen clinical capacities in the project districts; (ii) create an effective referral system between the various MCH service levels as well as a sound feedback mechanism and integration of vertical programs into PHC; (iii) institutionalize
continuous quality improvement (CQI) system at national, sub-national and facility levels and establish a supportive supervision system; and (iv) pilot case-based payment system at project district hospitals.

Output 2: Infrastructure and equipment for MCH services in project districts rationalized and improved. 
The project will support: (i) upgrade of central district hospitals (CDHs) and DHCs; (ii) supply of medical equipment and medical furniture to refurbished CDHs and DHCs, and provision of basic medical kits to PHC facilities; and (iii) piloting of the equipment management system in project facilities. The project will also support the Government's efforts in
establishing a national equipment management system in close coordination with KfW and JICA.

Output 3: Knowledge on maternal and child health and health seeking behaviors in project districts improved. 
Knowledge of MCH and health seeking behaviors in project districts improved. The project will help (i) build the capacity of the Republican Healthy Lifestyle Center for developing a behavior change communication (BCC) plan, and for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the plan; (ii) design and implement district-specific knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) surveys; and design district-specific BCC implementation plans based on the findings of the baseline KAP survey; (iii) carry out community mobilization activities to promote social norms that support collective MCH objectives and challenge harmful practices; and (iv) develop the BCC skills of health workers and community members.
Preparing the Khatlon Province Flood Management Project Tajikistan is susceptible to natural disasters, particularly floods. The floods of 1998 and 1999 were especially devastating, causing 32 deaths and agricultural and infrastructure damage estimated at $55 million. 

The Project aims to help Tajikistan address recurring flood risks through a holistic and coordinated approach involving both physical and non-physical measures in one of the most floodprone areas in the country - Hamadoni, Farkhor, Kulyab, and Vose districts in Khatlon province. A major part of the Project funds will be used for the physical works for the rehabilitation of 8.3 km of flood protection embankment along the Pyanj River. In addition, the project will develop and disseminate a flood risk map, strengthen flood warning systems, prepare a flood preparedness and evacuation plan, and strengthen flood forecasting capacity by rehabilitating the hydrometeorological network. 

Given that the Pyanj River borders Tajikistan and Afghanistan, the possible environmental impacts of the Project's physical works in both Tajikistan and Afghanistan were examined. The initial environment examination study found that there is unlikely to be significant negative environmental impact. The Project is expected to have a significant positive impact on ecological resources and socioeconomic conditions in the area. 

In addition, the project will help the Government define and implement the policy reforms needed to improve its flood preparedness, and to remove some of its persisting operation and maintenance (O&M) funding constraints for the flood levees and bank protection works.

The Project will strengthen capacity at the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources (MLRWR) and the local government bodies to manage flood disaster risks, and to apply
need-based O&M budget planning, allocations, and monitoring for the flood protection structures. The application of performance based O&M contracts will also be pilot tested.
Water Resources Management in the Pyanj River Basin Project (Additional Finance) The project will support the development of the State Agency for Hydrometeorology (Hydromet) to a sustainable and well-resourced institution that produces timely and accurate forecasting of extreme weather events particularly in the Pyanj River Basin. In doing so, the project will address key institutional weaknesses. The project will (i) modernize Hydromet's campus and associated facilities, (ii) support legal and organizational transformation and capacity building of Hydromet into a government entity with flexibility to set staff salaries and retain additional entrepreneurial revenue, (iii) undertake capacity building for improve forecasting and warning of extreme weather events, and (iv) support development and implementation of a viable business model through marketing of fee-based services.
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridors 2, 3, And 5 (Obigarm-Nurobod) Road Project The Obigarm-Nurobod road section of the existing M41 highway, which carries about 3,000 vehicles per day, will be inundated once the HPP reservoir has filled to operating levels. The realignment of this road section through the river valley is not part of the Rogun HPP project. A bypass road must be completed and opened to traffic by latest November 2023, the date by which the rising water in the HPP reservoir will have inundated several critical sections of the M41 highway. No other part of Tajikistan's national highway network can provide for this traffic, and the only alternative route would represent a deviation of about 500 km. The government has requested ADB's assistance to construct a 72 km long road section that will bypass the HPP reservoir through mountainous terrain (the project road). It will be constructed to two-lane asphalt surfaced standard, and will include three tunnels with a total length of about 6 km, one high level bridge about 700 m long, and 13 shorter bridges with a total length of about 975 m. The construction of some parts of the project road started in 1988 (mostly earthworks) but was suspended following the abandonment of the Rogun HPP project.
Building Resilience with Active Countercyclical Expenditures Program ( The BRACE program will support the implementation of the government?s countercyclical measures, targeting the poor and vulnerable while meeting financing needs. The program is aligned with the overarching development objective: social inclusion promoted by strengthening the support to poor and vulnerable groups, and economic resilience improved.24 The effect of the program will be: adverse socioeconomic effects of the shocks mitigated, and resilience of poor and vulnerable groups enhanced. The program will contribute to the government?s efforts to contain inflation within reasonable limits through fiscal interventions. It targets the provision of  social assistance and protection until March 2023 to ensure that more than 500,000 poor and vulnerable households (of whom at least 40% are headed by women) benefit from at least one
economic assistance program under the government?s Anti-Crisis Action Plan, and therefore prevent them from falling deeper into poverty because of a higher cost of living. At least 186,000
MSMEs are expected to remain in business, of which at least 20% are owned by women. The  program has three reform areas: (i) increased social assistance measures implemented, (ii)
increased food security measures implemented, and (iii) enhanced support for business entities and measures to safeguard employment implemented.
COVID-19: Active Response and Expenditure Support Program The proposed COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support (CARES) program will support the implementation of the government?s countercyclical measures, targeting the poor and vulnerable while meeting financing needs and achieving debt sustainability. The program is aligned with the overarching development objective: COVID-19 transmission reduced while minimizing economic, public, and social impacts. The effect of the program will be: COVID-19 outbreak more effectively managed, and social and economic impacts reduced. The program has three outputs: (i) health measures for COVID-19 country preparedness and response implemented, (ii) increased social assistance and food security measures implemented, and (iii) enhanced support for business entities and measures to safeguard employment implemented. The proposed CARES program grant is $50 million.  The program is coordinated with ADB?s overall assistance package to the CAREC region, incorporating a regional cooperation aspect in responding to this global as well as regional crisis. The program will also support CAREC-2030?s Operational Cluster 5 (human development), by addressing pandemic risks and controlling transboundary communicable diseases. The CARES program will also promote the adoption of international preparedness and response standards and best practices, especially those recommended by WHO, to manage pandemics and public health emergencies. Food, medical items, seeds, and fertilizers from neighboring countries will be procured as measures for the COVID-19 response.
Investment Climate Reforms Program - Subprogram 2 Subprogram 2 provides budget support for the expansion of economic opportunities and development of the private sector. It includes policy actions to (i) reduce the cost of doing business, (ii) strengthen protection for businesses, and (iii) increase business innovation and productivity. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors approved the
programmatic approach and subprogram 1 on 4 December 2015.
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridors 2, 5, and 6 (Dushanbe–Kurgonteppa) Road Project The project will improve the connectivity between the capital Dushanbe and Kurgonteppa, which are two major cities and economic hubs in Tajikistan.  The road is a strategic north-south link, and one of the most heavily traveled roads in the country, as well as the confluence of CAREC corridors 2, 5, and 6. The project will upgrade an approximately 
33-kilometer (km) road section between Dushanbe and Chashmasoron, improve facilities and safety along and in the vicinity of this road section, strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Transport (MOT), and complete procurement readiness for the next section of the road to be improved.
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Corridor 3 (Dushanbe-Uzbekistan Border) Improvement Project CAREC Corridor 3 covers almost 7,000 km of roads and runs across Central Asia in the north-south direction, linking the Russian Federation to the Persian Gulf. The corridor serves as a main conduit for regional and international trade. The project will complete the corridor's missing link in Tajikistan's territory - the section from Dushanbe to the Uzbekistan border. This will help further reduce transport cost and travel time, and increase regional and transit trade.
Finance Sector and Fiscal Management Improvement Program, Subprogram 2 The program continues to support the implementation of reforms in the National Development Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for the Period up to 2030 (NDS 2030) and its overarching objective of improving the standard of living by transitioning the economy toward industrial growth supported by investment in knowledge and innovation. 1 The program is a milestone in the NDS 2030, connecting past reform support by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to Tajikistan for improving banking sector stability, finance sector oversight and development, and fiscal management. Tajikistan is recovering from the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which caused severe economic and employment contraction and fiscal difficulties from about April 2020. Personal consumption dependent on the volume of remittances, and overall investment and growth are constrained by the turmoil in neighboring Afghanistan and the contraction of the Russian Federation economy because of foreign sanctions imposed over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Potential COVID-19 flare-ups, regional security risks, and slow progress in structural reforms further undermine the economic outlook. To help mitigate the impact of these emerging challenges on overall reform progress, the program has been strengthened to ensure that the government stays on course by (i) insulating the originally planned and needed medium-term reform efforts from the effects of the various crises; and (ii) adding urgent reforms to improve governance and fiscal management, including public debt management and tax reforms, which are crucial enablers of the original medium-term reform agenda.
Water Resources Management in the Pyanj River Basin Project (Second Additional Financing) The proposed grant will help finance the cost overruns of the original project for constructing a sediment excluding basin (SEB), which is the key infrastructure for the sustainability of the project to decrease the sediment inflow by 85% to the upper stream of the Chubek Irrigation System (CIS). The cost overrun was identified by acquisition of historical suspended sediment particle size distribution data and detailed topographic data during the detailed design stage which was not available during the feasibility study. The data resulted in a revised design criteria and general arrangements to address the new information, and accommodate an alternative basin flushing method. It was identified that a larger basin size will be required to achieve the expected sediment removal, and the construction cost for the SEB will increase accordingly.
Improving the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Secondary Education Project The project aims to build a human capital base to support Tajikistan’s transition to higher labor productivity and competitiveness. It will strengthen gender-inclusive access to quality secondary education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects and develop climate change awareness among the country’s secondary school graduates. The project proposes to modernize teaching, upgrade the learning environment, improve school management, introduce and integrate climate change education, and expand girls’ participation in STEM studies and women’s career paths toward high-productivity sectors.
National Disaster Risk Management Project (Supplemental Financing) The proposed project will support the Government of Tajikistan in managing the expected increased severity and frequency of disasters triggered by natural hazards in the country and in reducing the socioeconomic vulnerability of Tajikistan to natural hazards. It will (i) support government efforts to mainstream disaster risk management (DRM) in development planning, and (ii) lay a foundation for establishing a sustainable institutional and financial mechanism that enables Tajikistan to deal effectively with disasters in the long term.