Tajikistan: Cold Wave - Jan 2008 Updates

Highlights Strong GDP growth continued in 2019, remaining robust at 7.2 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2019. Growth will slow to around 5.5–5.0 percent over the period 2020–21,...

Cities across Central Asia experienced catastrophic seismic shocks throughout the 20th century. For example, Tashkent – the most populated city in Central Asia today – was razed to the ground by a...

INTRODUCTION Nearly half of the countries where UNDP works are prone to conflict, disasters, political instability and economic shocks. UNDP assists countries that are addressing sudden and...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the 10th replenishment of the Asian Development Fund (ADF XI), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ADF donors agreed to pilot the Disaster Response Facility (DRF) in the ADF...

BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Natural disasters such as drought, earthquakes, floods, and wildfires, as well as...

This report covers the period 01/01/08 to 31/12/08. In brief Programme purpose: The Central Asia programmes are aligned with the Global Agenda goals to reduce the number of deaths, injuries, and...

This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2008 In brief Programme purpose: The programmes supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Tajikistan...

This report covers the period 01/01/2008 to 31/12/2008 In brief Programme purpose: In order to achieve Global Agenda Goal 1, the disaster management programme places emphasis on a global disaster...

Khatlon Region, Tajikistan, March 5, 2009. Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson and Vakhsh District Deputy Chairman Nizoramoh Zaripova distributed food to families in the village of H. Gulomov in the...

Executive summary In line with its strategy for 2008 to 2012, the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan is building its capacities and scaling up its services to assist the most vulnerable people in the...

A year of wars, weather and financial woes hit the poor For thousands of people around the world 2008 was a tough year, with a number of violent conflicts causing widespread suffering, and the triple...

Highlights of a new FAO report - As the year draws to a close, FAO's latest estimates confirm that a new record high level of global cereal production was achieved in 2008, sufficient to cover the...

GLIDE No. CW-2008-000015-TJK Period covered by this Final Report: 6 March to 31 August 2008. Appeal target (current): CHF 572,678 (USD 500,155 or EUR 392,245); Final Appeal coverage: 86 per cent with...

Total of Relief Campaigns and External Donations: - 17,668,378.00 $

ASSISTANT-SECRETARY-GENERAL AND DEPUTY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR - CATHERINE BRAGG On 13 September 2007, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Kimoon appointed Catherine Bragg of Canada as...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (Nov. 20, 2008) - In response to a series of economic and social shocks that are hampering the ability of families in Tajikistan to obtain sufficient and nutritious food, Save...

High-Level Conference on CERF set for 4 December 2008 The annual High-Level Conference on CERF will be held on Thursday, 4 December 2008. The event will take place in the Economic and Social Council...

Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises...

Executive summary The Europe region is extremely diverse in political and socio-economic terms, in its geography, demography and culture, as well as its public health trends and vulnerability to...

HIGHLIGHTS - World cereal production in 2008 is forecast to increase 4.9 percent to a record 2 232 million tonnes, considerably up from earlier predictions after better than expected results from the...