Early Warning System

Countries

Tajikistan

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Dushanbe

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

World Bank (WB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Canceled

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Borrower

Government of Tajikistan - State Unitary Enterprise "Smart City" (Dushanbe)

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Infrastructure
Law and Government
Water and Sanitation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 40.00 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 40.00 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Oct 27, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Feb 7, 2023

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve solid waste service delivery and institutional capacity in Dushanbe. The project will support Dushanbe in addressing its urgent challenges in solid waste management, which is essential for the city’s green and resilient urban development.

Component 1: Solid Waste Collection Efficiency. This component will improve the adequacy and efficiency of solid waste collection services operated by the four collection SUEs. It includes improvements to collection points and collection equipment/vehicles. In addition, source separation of waste and composting activities will be piloted in selected areas of the city. The operation of the waste collection system will be optimized for maximum efficiency through the use of innovative technology solutions for equipment and operations.

Component 2: Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal. This component will upgrade and remediate the physical and operational aspects of Dushanbe’s landfill, while also improving environmental performance to remediate air and water pollution, contributing to climate change mitigation through landfill gas management, increasing resource recovery, and meeting the needs of waste pickers.

Component 3: Institutional Strengthening. This component will strengthen the broad institutional aspects of integrated solid waste management in Dushanbe, enhancing the necessary institutional capacity, while also improving performance management within an adequate policy framework. This will include developing the city's solid waste sector plan and solid waste management system, performance improvement plans for the operating SUEs, enhancing solid waste tariffs and billing, public information campaigns, and a roadmap for green, climate-smart and technology-informed urban development.

Component 4: Project Management Support. This component will support the incremental operating costs for the Project Implementation Grop (PIG), and project management consultants.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Environmental and Social Risk: High

Investment Description

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World Bank (WB)

IDA Grant: US$ 40.00 million

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

World Bank

Marcus John Jin Sarn Lee, Chyi-Yun Huang
Senior Urban Economist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Republic of Tajikistan

Implementing Agencies

State Unitary Enterprise "Smart City"
Farhod Boboev
Deputy Director
boboev.f@dsc.tj