DUSHANBE, 28.06.2022 (NIAT Khovar) – The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is ready to increase funding for projects in Tajikistan. Its investment portfolio in the country will increase to 5% of the total investment portfolio. This was stated during a meeting between the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Zavki Zavkizoda and the Chairman of the EDB Board Nikolai Podguzov, which was held in Nur-Sultan as part of a meeting of the EDB Council.

Zavkizoda addressed Podguzov with a request to increase funding for the social and economic sectors of Tajikistan in order to achieve the government’s strategic goals and priorities, including the development of the green and digital economy, the industrialization of the country, social sphere, and strengthening the export potential.

The meeting also focused on attraction of concessional funds from external sources, the government’s anti-crisis plan, and new priority projects based on the country’s development goals and prospects.