What works in Dushanbe
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Evidence snapshot for Dushanbe
Dushanbe is emerging as Tajikistan's hub for digital innovation and financial modernization. IT Park Dushanbe, opened in April 2025, hosts 70+ resident IT companies and generated 23 million somoni in IT service exports within its first year. Project Soro piloted AI education in around 30 Dushanbe schools reaching 770 teachers and over 2,000 students before expanding to 100 schools nationwide, while ICT-CST conducted its first teacher training workshop there in April 2025, with 92% of 35+ participants rating it 'very useful'. These initiatives reflect Dushanbe's role as the testing ground for Tajikistan's broader digital economy and education strategy.
Drawn from: Tajikistan's Unified QR Code System — Interoperable Digital Payments Under the National Financial Inclusion Strategy · ICT-CST — Tajikistan's National AI Micro-Certification Pathway for Teachers · IT Park Dushanbe — Tajikistan's First National Tax-Free Zone for IT Companies · Project Soro — Tajikistan's National AI Curriculum and Tajik-Language Chatbot for 2 Million Students · Rural Economy Development Project (REDP) — Tajikistan's World Bank-Funded Tourism and Agribusiness Grants Programme · Socio-Economic Resilience Strengthening Project - Youth Digital Literacy · TajRupt AI Lab — Four-Month Machine-Learning Training for Tajik Youth in Dushanbe and Khujand · Tajikistan's Tax Committee Launches an AI Q&A Service, Plans Audit-Reducing AI by 2030
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Evidence of learning impact +29 pts 56 here · 26 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +18 pts 56 here · 37 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +9 pts 56 here · 47 average
Weaknesses
Transferability / demonstrated replication -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Scalability & sustainability -15 pts 48 here · 62 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Innovation level -22 pts 40 here · 62 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Documented learning -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -28 pts 50 here · 78 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -30 pts 33 here · 64 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Dushanbe. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
ICT-CST — Tajikistan's National AI Micro-Certification Pathway for Teachers · 67
IT Park Dushanbe — Tajikistan's First National Tax-Free Zone for IT Companies · 62
Project Soro — Tajikistan's National AI Curriculum and Tajik-Language Chatbot for 2 Million Students · 60
Socio-Economic Resilience Strengthening Project - Youth Digital Literacy · 44
TajRupt AI Lab — Four-Month Machine-Learning Training for Tajik Youth in Dushanbe and Khujand · 33
Tajikistan's Tax Committee Launches an AI Q&A Service, Plans Audit-Reducing AI by 2030 · 27
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
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- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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