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Poverty is the central development issue
in Tajikistan. The country is now one of the poorest in the
world. It was made worse by the civil conflict in the early
1990s. This report suggests that there should be four key
pillars to a poverty reduction program strategy: a) the
stimulation of high labor productivity and economic growth;
b) the provision of basic social services; c) the targeting
of assistance to the poorest; and d) the development of a
well-governed and safe environment. The report recommends
the following: 1) further analysis should be undertaken of
the incidence of public spending, to ensure that key
programs are adequately funded and that spending contributes
as much as possible to poverty reduction. 2) The Government
should set specific targets for welfare indicators and
poverty reduction. 3) A list should be compiled of possible
projects of a targeted program of interventions that could
impact rapidly on poverty; the projects should be fully
costed and implementation arrangements studied. 4)
Alternative funding sources, including the Government's
own budget and external donors, should be explored for the
financing of the list of possible targeted interventions.
