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Kyrgyzstan
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Department for International Development

Find out how the UK will respond to opportunities and challenges, what is being achieved for the UK and who we are working with.

The Department for International Development (DFID) closed on 2 September 2020 and merged with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to create the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan face many challenges in what is a fragile region. These include inter-ethnic tensions, conflict over water resources, and deteriorating security along the Tajik-Afghan border. The region is strategically placed between Russia and China. It is in the UK’s interests that these fragile states are supported to be successful, prosperous and stable. In 2014, 30% of Kyrgyzstan’s population and 32% of Tajikistan’s population still lived below the poverty line. Since then, both countries’ economies have been adversely affected by internal and external shocks, including the economic downturn in Russia. Reliance on remittances, lack of economic diversity and the slow pace of reform threaten growth and risk economic and political reversal.

To find out how the UK will respond to opportunities and challenges, what is being achieved for the UK and who we are working with please read the full country profile for Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

For detailed information on our programme and what the UK spends on development in Kyrgyzstan, see:

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DFID Kyrgyzstan

21 Boulevard Erkindik, Office 404

Bishkek
720040
Kyrgyzstan

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