Japan provides $9.89 million for project to promote cross-border trade on Tajik-Afghan border
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AKIPRESS.COM - Official singing ceremony of the new phase of LITACA project aimed at improving livelihoods in Tajik-Afghan cross border areas was held on December 16 in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan. UNDP will implement the third phase of the project, funded by the Government of Japan, between 2021 and 2024 with a total budget of $9.89 million.
UNDP has been implementing the project in close cooperation with the governments of Tajikistan and Afghanistan since 2014. LITACA III is continuation to this flagship partnership between JICA, UNDP, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan.