REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN LIVING STANDARDS IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY OF TAJIKISTAN FOR 2013-2015 Dushanbe-2013 National economic development and ensuring decent living standards of the people directly depend on effective and timely implementation of national priorities of the country, to ensure sustainable development process of the country in accord- ance with national development strategies, medium-term strategies, sectoral, and lo- cal programs. Under the modern conditions the main goal of our state, first of all, is to ensure sustainable economic development and gradually increase standard and quality of people’s life by reforming public administration, ensure transparency of its struc- tures, creating a favorable environment for business development, investment and import of advanced technologies and on this basis to create new jobs. Emomali Rahmon Approved by regulation of Majlisi namoyandagon Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan on December 26, 2012 under № 1030 Living Standards Improvement Strategy of Tajikistan for 2013-2015 CONTENTS Acronyms and abbreviations .........................................................................................................................7 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................10 Country context ...........................................................................................................................................12 CHAPTER I.ACHIEVEMENTS AND LESSONS LEARNED ............................................................13 1.1. Results from the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy for 2010-2012:poverty reduction trend ........................................................................................................13 Public administration reform .......................................................................................................................14 1.2. Lessons learned during the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy for 2010 −2012 .........15 1.3. Objectives and main priorities of the Living Standards Improvement Strategy: ensuring social and economic development and increasing the middle-class population ...........................15 CHAPTER 2.FUNCTIONAL SECTION:STRENGTHENING THE BASIS OF DEVELOPMENT .........................................................................................................18 2.1 Improving public administration ...........................................................................................................18 2.2. Ensuring macro-economic development ..............................................................................................21 2.3. Ensure an improved investment climate, and private sector and entrepreneurship development ........26 2.4. Development of special economic zones: free economic zones and technology parks ........................30 2.5 Enhancing integration with the global economy: the WTO, the development of tourism and cross-border trade ....................................................................................33 CHAPTER III. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SECTION: STRENGTHENING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .............................................37 3.1. The development of the energy, industry and other sectors .................................................................37 3.2. Infrastructure development:transportation and communications .........................................................41 3.3. Ensure food security:agriculture development, water supply and land use ..........................................43 CHAPTER 4. THE SOCIAL SECTOR:ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENTOF HUMAN POTENTIAL ..............................................................................46 4.1. Strengthening social protection and creating employment ...................................................................46 4.2 Development of science and education sectors .....................................................................................50 Capacity building ........................................................................................................................................53 4.3 Health care development and ensured improvement in health care ......................................................54 4.4. Provide the population with clean water and utilities services .............................................................56 4.6. Ensure gender equality .........................................................................................................................61 4.7. Improve demographic projection and planning ....................................................................................63 CHAPTER V. MANAGING THE PROCESS OF STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION ...................66 5.1 Funding sources and procedures to implement the Living Standards Improvement Strategy of Tajikistan for 2013-2015 ..................................................66 5.2 Monitoring and Evaluation of the Living Standards Improvement Strategy of Tajikistan for 2013-2015 ...........................................................................................................70 ANNEXES Annex 1. Action Matrix ...............................................................................................................................72 Annex 2. Main monitoring and evaluation indicators for Living Standards Improvement Strategy of Tajikistan for 2013-2015 ................................................117 6 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AASRT Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan AC Accounts Chamber АСМ Agency on Construction and Architecture under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan ADB Asian Development Bank AF Aga-Khan Foundation AKDN Aga-Khan Development Network ALRGC Agency for Land Recreation, Geodesy and Cartography under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan AMS Anti-Monopoly Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan AMST Academy of Medical Science of Tajikistan ASFCFC Agency on State Financial Control and Fight against Corruption ASMCTI Agency on Standardization, Metrology, Certification and Trade Inspection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan ASP Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan ASRT Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan CA Communication Agency CCBPAT Coordination Council of Business and Public Associations of Tajikistan CCI Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEP Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan CESCD Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defence under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan CFP Central Funding Programme CHC City Health Centre CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CS Communication Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan CS GRT Customs Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan CWFA Committee for Women and Family Affairs under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan CYST Committee for Youth, Sport and Tourism under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan DCSA Department for Civil Servise Affairs under the President of the Republic of Tajiki- stan DFID UK Department for International Development DHC District Health Centre DIA Dushanbe International Airport DOTS Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course DP Development Partners DRS Districts of Republican Subordination EAP RT Executive Apparatus of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EC European Commission EurAsEC Euro-Asian Economic Community FAO Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations FDI Foreign Direct Investment FEZ Free Economic Zone FMSA First Medical Sanitary Aid FSD Swiss Foundation for Mine Action 7 GBAO Autonomous Mountainous Badakhshan Province GDP Gross Domestic Product GF Global Fund GoT Government of the Republic of Tajikistan GTC German Technical Centre GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus HPP Hydro Power Plant IATPS Institute for Advanced Training of Public Servants ICT Information and communication technologies IMF International Monetary Fund IRI Islamic Republic of Iran IsDB Islamic Development Bank JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency KFW German Development Bank KMK SUE “Khojagii Manziliyu Kommunali” (housing and utilities service) LSEA Local State Executive Authority MNMO RoT Majlisi Namoyandagon of Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan MA Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan M&E Monitoring and evaluation MDG Millennium Development Goal MDGG Main Directorate for Geology under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan MA Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan ME RT Ministry of Education of the Republic of Tajikistan MEDT RT Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan MEI RT Ministry of Energy and Industry of the Republic of Tajikistan M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MFA RT Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan MF RT Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan MH RT Ministry of Health MIA RT Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan MJRT Ministry of Justice MLRWR RT Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan MLSP Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan MBP Medium-term Budget Programme MT Ministry