AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoAI Ambitions: Dushanbe hosted an international AI conference, where officials outlined a goal of growing AI’s share of Tajikistan’s GDP to 5% by 2040. Budget Plans: The government projects 2027 revenue of 80.1 billion somoni ($8.7 billion), up 23.2% from the 2026 budget, with 44.8% of spending earmarked for social needs. Rogun Safety: A water-tank rupture flooded a construction tunnel at the hydropower project. Authorities say no workers were injured, while witness accounts and video cited by Radio Ozodi indicate more than five may have been hurt. Border: Kyrgyzstan says it has completed 327.5 kilometers of fencing along its border with Tajikistan; border-marker installation and demarcation continue. Regional Ties: Central Asian lawmakers meeting in Dushanbe adopted a declaration supporting closer cooperation. Regional central banks also agreed to form a working group on payment-system integration. Dushanbe Projects: President Emomali Rahmon opened a pharmaceutical plant and an autism center, and launched construction of a transplant center. Other industrial, logistics and agricultural projects announced in the capital are expected to create more than 3,000 jobs.
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