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TRADE AND INVESTMENT
UK Development Assistance
DFID, who are co-located with the Embassy, are expanding their development assistance to Tajikistan over the next five years. This will focus on a combination of national and regional development efforts with the aim of contributing to a significant reduction in all dimensions of poverty in Tajikistan. DFID has provided over £4.3 million in 2007-08, including more than £1.5 million in response to the ongoing energy and services crisis.
Since 2003, when DFID opened an office in Tajikistan, assistance has included:
- Micro and small enterprise development through the EBRD
- Third party arbitration courts for the resolution of land/property disputes
- Support to the National Social Investment Fund
- Technical assistance - support to the government's poverty reduction strategy process and development of a medium term budget framework
- Zarafshan Valley Initiative - a package of development assistance to contribute to raising living standards and integrating the region into the national economy
- Regional support to HIV/AIDS programmes in Tajikistan (Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan)
The Embassy operates a bilateral programme budget, worth £75,000 in 2007-08, which funds small-scale projects focusing on human rights and good governance and the development of the independent media. From central funds, the British Government supports projects on conflict prevention in the Ferghana Valley and the Khatlon region of southern Tajikistan.
A further major focus of UK assistance to Tajikistan is devoted to improving Tajikistan's capacity to manage effectively its border with Afghanistan in order to stop drug trafficking. This assistance is currently channelled through UNODC and EU programmes, and amounts to £500,000 for infrastructure improvements and training on the Tajik side of the border, and £500,000 to the Afghan side in 2007, plus £50,000 for a UNODC regional intelligence-sharing project.
Trade and Investment with the UK
UK-Tajikistan trade is slim, but UK companies have some investments in the extraction industries. Exports to Tajikistan in 2004 were £3.89m and imports £513,000. ECGD cover is not available.
With effect from the 1 April 2005, there are no official UKTI trade services in this market to help British companies who wish to export or invest there, except for lobbying in relation to UK companies' commercial interests by the Head of Mission.
