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RECOMMENDATION OF STATUTORY COMMITTEE
TO:      The President International Development Association
Recommendation of the Committee under Section 1 (d) of Article V of the Articles of Agreement
on the proposed Grant (Health Services Improvement Project) to the Republic of Tajikistan
The undersigned Committee constituted under Section 1 (d) of Article V of the Articles of
Agreement of International Development Association (the Association) hereby submits its recommendation
pursuant to said Section in respect of the proposal that the Association grant to the Republic of Tajikistan
(the Recipient) a grant in an amount equivalent to ten million Special Drawing Rights (SDR 10,000,000).
The purpose of said grant is to contribute to the improvement of the coverage and quality of basic primary
care services in rural health facilities in selected districts. The Project will also be supported by a Health
Results Innovation Trust Fund Grant in an amount equal to four million eight hundred thousand U.S.
Dollars ($4,800,000).
1.     The Committee has carefully studied the merits of the proposal to grant such a grant, and of the
purpose to which the proceeds of the grant are to be applied.
2.     The Committee is of the opinion that the project toward the financing of which the proceeds of such
grant are to be applied comes within the purposes of the Association as set forth in Article I of said Articles
of Agreement, and that said project is designed to promote the economic development of the Republic of
Tajikistan and is of high developmental priority in the light of the needs of the Republic of Tajikistan.


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(REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN)                                 (Health Services Improvement Project)
3.     Accordingly, the Committee finds that said project merits financial assistance from the Association,
and hereby recommends said project for such assistance.
COMMITTEE
L7                    Senior Vice President and Group
General Counsel
Nominee selected by Governor for the
epublic of Tajikistan
,      Regional Vice President
Europe and Central Asia
Dated at Washington, D.C.