Private Sector Competitiveness

Abstract*

The objective of the Private Sector Competitiveness Project for Tajikistan is to remove key constraints to business development and investment by: (i) simplifying business registration and construction permitting processes; (ii) improving regulations and infrastructure underlying access to financial services; and (iii) encouraging development of the mining industry, where Tajikistan has a competitive advantage. There are three components to the project... Show More

Development Objective

The development objective of the project is to foster increased efficiency in key areas that influence private sector competitiveness, including business registration, infrastructure underlying access to financial services, and the mining industry.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P130091
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Tim De Vaan , Tarik Sahovic
Borrower 2
Republic of Tajikistan

Country
Tajikistan
Disclosure Date
March 16, 2012
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
May 10, 2012
Effective Date
September 6, 2012

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 10.00 million
Implementing Agency
State Investment and Property Management Committee,Ministry of Finance
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2012

Commitment Amount
US$ 10.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Last Update Date
November 27, 2023
Closing Date
December 31, 2019

Consultant Services required
No
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Business Enabling Environment70%
- FY17 - Regulation and Competition Policy70%
FY17 - Jobs5%
- FY17 - Job Creation5%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Rule of Law6%
- FY17 - Legal Institutions for a Market Economy6%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development13%
- FY17 - Land Administration and Management8%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery5%
FY17 - Urban Development5%
- FY17 - Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery5%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Grant	10.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	10.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	10.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	10.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Apr 3, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	26,999.99
Feb 24, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	24,225.00
May 16, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	45,287.42
Nov 7, 2014	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	297,655.94
Jan 2, 2014	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	64,821.50
Feb 10, 2015	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	397,973.75
Jul 18, 2014	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	169,185.58
Aug 13, 2015	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	171,872.75
Aug 13, 2015	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	136,194.02
May 10, 2012	IDA-H7710	Loan Commitment	10,000,000.00
Dec 9, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	59,500.00
Dec 11, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	40,612.62
Dec 20, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	17,390.01
Dec 4, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	115,946.49
Nov 20, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	92,216.41
Dec 26, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	98,567.56
Dec 26, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	186,236.25
May 15, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	88,879.13
Feb 20, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	95,978.73
Jun 11, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	106,189.60
Mar 26, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	-27,150.01
Feb 21, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	97,033.77
Jun 18, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	129,701.01
Dec 8, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	49,140.00
Dec 8, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	49,246.00
Aug 30, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	255,285.95
Dec 12, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	178,233.75
Nov 9, 2015	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	310,496.53
Dec 30, 2016	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	190,854.02
Apr 28, 2016	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	287,540.10
Feb 18, 2016	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	330,436.72
Aug 22, 2016	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	65,063.42
Aug 25, 2016	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	366,277.00
Mar 7, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	8,888.88
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	71,992.78
May 1, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	83,487.50
Apr 30, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	148,989.00
Jul 16, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	77,198.34
Jul 16, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	100,000.00
May 31, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	182,472.19
Jun 28, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	141,361.00
Nov 14, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	60,000.00
Aug 19, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	158,695.98
Sep 26, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	613,804.75
Sep 12, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	69,468.50
Oct 10, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	197,894.00
Jul 22, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	223,483.50
Aug 22, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	136,234.81
Sep 5, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	89,250.00
Oct 29, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	108,396.22
Oct 25, 2019	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	68,425.15
May 4, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	33,693.99
May 4, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	100,000.00
Sep 29, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	67,388.00
Oct 6, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	29,547.61
Oct 6, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	29,386.80
Oct 16, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	-29,649.71
Oct 6, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	29,699.71
Oct 6, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	29,484.00
Jul 18, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	90,930.69
Sep 25, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	95,866.60
Feb 27, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	19,656.00
Feb 27, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	19,799.80
Feb 27, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	65,711.71
Feb 27, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	19,698.39
Dec 11, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	48,978.00
Dec 11, 2017	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	79,199.19
Apr 20, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	27,150.00
Mar 2, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	282,887.30
Feb 27, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	19,591.20
Feb 27, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	27,150.00
Apr 30, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	164,279.27
Apr 30, 2018	IDA-H7710	Loan Disb	85,350.87

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2020-02-29
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2020-02-29
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2020-02-29
Project Management	Satisfactory	2020-02-29
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2020-02-29
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2020-02-29
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2020-02-29

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-29-2020
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 01-15-2021	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance	Not Rated	N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Indicator One: Time spent on business registration Value 24.00 5.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2012 December 31, 2019
Comment

Indicator Two: Lending based on new registration of security interests in the new collateral registry using moveable assets as collateral	Value	0.00	50000000.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2012	November 30, 2019
	Comment

Indicator Three: Modern Automated Transfer System (ATS) and module of financial instruments for interbank transactions operational	Value	Not in existence	Completed.
	Date	July 1, 2012	December 31, 2019
	Comment

Indicator Four: Legal and regulatory framework to improve bank supervision is developed, adopted, and implemented Value 0.00 7.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2012 December 31, 2019
Comment
Indicator Five: Number of new mining exploration licenses issued Value 3.00 49.00 8.00
Date July 1, 2012 December 31, 2019
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Intermediate Result indicator One: Number of staff of Statistics Agency, Social Insurance Agency, and Tax Committee trained Value 0.00 35.00 0.00
Date May 13, 2014 December 31, 2019
Comment
Intermediate Result Indicator Nine: Adoption of the new Subsoil Law Value No .
Date November 15, 2016 December 31, 2019
Comment
Intermediate Result Indicator Eight: Direct Project Beneficiaries Value 0.00 72961.00 0.00
Date March 1, 2012 December 31, 2019
Comment
Intermediate Result indicator Three: Regulatory framework to improve payment system is developed and implemented Value 4.00 7.00 5.00
Date July 1, 2012 December 31, 2019
Comment
Intermediate Result indicator Two: Number of construction permits obtained via single window Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date November 9, 2016 December 31, 2019
Comment
Intermediate Result indicator Six: Share of geological surveys in electronic form on Modern System Value 0.00 100.00 25.00
Date March 1, 2012 December 31, 2019
Comment
Intermediate Result indicator Four: Contingency planning and crisis management framework adopted and implemented Value No .
Date July 1, 2012 December 31, 2019
Comment
Female Project Beneficiaries Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date March 1, 2012 December 30, 2016
Comment
Intermediate Result indicator Seven: Share of existing and new claims in the Mining Cadastre on new system Value 0.00 100.00 40.00
Date March 1, 2012 December 31, 2019
Comment

Indicator One: Time spent on business registration	Value	24.00	5.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2012	December 31, 2019
	Comment

Indicator Five: Number of new mining exploration licenses issued	Value	3.00	49.00	8.00
	Date	July 1, 2012	December 31, 2019
	Comment

Intermediate Result indicator Three: Regulatory framework to improve payment system is developed and implemented	Value	4.00	7.00	5.00
	Date	July 1, 2012	December 31, 2019
	Comment

Female Project Beneficiaries	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date	March 1, 2012	December 30, 2016
	Comment