DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (1 October 2018) — The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $10 million grant to help Tajikistan prepare and respond to natural hazards and climate change, and reduce the impact of disasters on the people.
Almost three-quarters of Tajikistan’s population live in rural areas that are prone to earthquakes, avalanches, mudflows, landslides, and flash floods. Changing climatic conditions, weak disaster management planning and capabilities, and limited financing have increased the likelihood that people will continue to be affected, either through loss of life or injury, or through economic loss.
“Poor people are particularly exposed to natural hazards,” said ADB Project Administration Unit Head in Tajikistan Mr. Raza Farrukh. “They often live in the most vulnerable areas and when disaster strikes, they have no safety nets to help them through the crisis. The result for the households is they slip further into poverty and, for Tajikistan, development gains are eroded, lowering long-term productivity and growth.”
This project will support the government’s efforts to mainstream disaster risk management in development planning….
