Projects

The objective of the TA is to prepare the Project which aims to improve sections of the road running from Dushanbe northeast to the border with the Kyrgyz Republic that are not being rehabilitated under the ongoing Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase I (Loan 2062-TAJ (SF)), as well as rural roads feeding into the Project road.

(i) an update of the transport sector profile for Tajikistan, including financial status, road safety, road maintenance, and traffic management;

(ii) a review of the status of institutional development and policy reforms in the road subsector initiated under previous projects;

(iii) selection criteria and prioritized rankings, based on poverty and other indicators, for rural roads and bridges to be included in the Project;

(iv) cost estimates and the technical and economic feasibility study for the main road and rural roads comprising the Project, including an examination of the appropriate use of labor-intensive techniques for construction and maintenance;

(v) an environmental impact assessment;

(vi) social impact analysis including any involuntary resettlement effects attributable to the Project;

(vii) poverty impact analysis; and

(viii) analysis of the need for further advisory TA for institutional strengthening of MOT.