ADB Funded

Poverty in Asia has been a problem for decades, and HJI Group is taking measures to help reduce these conditions. ADB provided consulting services for the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction Grant for poverty reduction in rural areas of Tajikistan. HJI Group was selected to participate and lend services to this region in order to alleviate their suffering.

HJI assisted the region to enhance household production capacity which will allow them to fulfill their basic needs by improving agricultural production subsequently increasing their incomes. HJI Group also conducted a socioeconomic study on the relationship between power and poverty. This project included three main elements, including increasing agricultural production, improving women’s economic empowerment by creating more income-generating opportunities, and building capacity.

The consulting services for the poverty reduction project included conducting participatory activities for rural poverty reduction in Tajikistan, participating and assisting in explaining project implementation arrangements and ADB procedures, undertaking a participatory study on power and poverty, and joining a fact-finding mission (Tajikistan Power Rehabilitation Project) for this ADB funded project.