Living Standards Improvement Strategy of Tajikistan for 2013-2015.

Living Standards Improvement Strategy of Tajikistan for 2013-2015 is a multisectoral policy document aimed at achieving an adequate living standard and favorable social condition for every individual of the society. The strengthening of sustainable economic development aims at achieving national priorities, thus ensuring the development of the energy and industry sectors and infrastructures, as well as food security. Taking into consideration the strengthening of sustainable economic development, the human development is ensured and the social sectors of the country will be developed.
The following measures shall be adopted: (a) ensuring food security through the development of the agriculture sector, ensuring water supply and land tenure; (b) increasing the effectiveness of producing agricultural commodities, including cotton; (c) agricultural development; (d) strengthening social protection and ensuring employment: providing goal-oriented management for the entire social protection system; (e) ensuring the development of the health care sector; (f) ensuring population’s access to clean water, sanitation and communal services; (g) building capacities for preparedness against natural disasters and the effective management of natural resources; and (h) ensuring gender equality: improving the institutional bases of gender policy.
In the field of food security the following challenges must be addressed: (a) provision of comprehensive support to processing companies in order to manufacture more agricultural commodities; (b) attraction of higher investments in order to improve agricultural equipment and technical conditions, as well as agricultural land reclamation and improve management of water resources; (c) attraction of major investments for repairing pumping stations, bringing arable land and non-used land into agricultural cultivation, and purchase of technics and equipment for land reclamation and water resources sector; (d) establishment of cooperatives for processing and trading of products in local areas to reduce loss of products and to create new jobs; and (e) reduction of land erosion.
Labour and employment regulation envisages introduction of effective mechanism for implementing state policy to provide employment, and regulate the labour market and labour migration and involvement of the private sector in developing programs to provide employment and organize new labour markets.
Main strategic directions and priorities in providing population with clean water and utility services include development and adoption of minimum standards of providing state-guaranteed clean drinking water and communal services, in particular ensuring the highest level of clean water and sewerage system at the local level.