Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, July 11
By Huseyn Hasanov- Trend:
Turkmenistan's foreign ministry hosted a meeting with the World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia Saroj Kumar Jha, the message from the Turkmen government said.
The parties reviewed the implementation of cooperation programs and identified priorities for further cooperation.
The trends and reforms to improve the investment climate of Turkmenistan, the strategy to expand access for financing private enterprises and entrepreneurs, the issues of strategy development of the financial sector were discussed within the framework of the cooperation program.
Earlier it was reported that the World Bank Group (WBG) supports local reforms through the interim strategy for the period of 2015.
The interim strategy does not provide borrowings. The employees of the bank assist the government in the implementation of long-term national program of socio-economic development through consultations.
This is implemented by providing analytical and advisory services in the areas that have been identified jointly with the Turkmen government.
The strategy consists of two components: the first focuses on activities in the areas proposed by the government, such as macroeconomic statistics, financial sector development and development of
the private sector, while the second envisages a set of strategic analytical research conducted by the World Bank in the field of economic diversification, investment climate, privatization, and on issues related to the accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Turkmenistan joined the World Bank Group in September 1992 and in 1996, the Bank established a Liaison Office in Ashgabat to enhance communications with the government and to provide operational support.
Turkmenistan is in a transitional stage of its development. An article about the transition to the market relations has recently appeared in the Turkmen updated constitution for the first time.
Turkmenistan conducted several reforms in monetary policy: the denomination of the national currency, exchange rate unification. The country has moved to the international accounting standards this year.