Bringing Clean Energy and Co-Benefits to Remote Communities in Tajikistan and Afghanistan
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Overview
This case study shows how clean, affordable and reliable electricity can be provided to thousands of people even in the poorest, most remote and difficult terrains. It illustrates how this simultaneously reduces energy poverty and carbon emissions while generating multiple co-benefits, including increased incomes, improved food security and community well-being, reduced deforestation, improved health from removing smoke from biofuels from homes, and improved healthcare and educational outcomes.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
After the collapse of the Soviet Union (USSR) in 1991 and the ensuing five-year civil war, Tajikistan’s electricity infrastructure was left in a weak state. The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), also known as Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon (VMKB), is a remote mountainous area in the Pamir Mountains in the east of the country, bordering Afghanistan,
Habib Bank Limited (HBL) boasts more customers than the combined populations of Belgium, the Maldives, Oman and Switzerland. In all these countries, incidentally, Pakistan’s longest established commercial bank has overseas operations. A story that began in 1947, with the request of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, that HBL move its base to this fledgling nation, has become an epic tale of growth and globalisation. Currently the largest domestic multi-national bank in Pakistan, HBL has a global presence with over 1,700 branches and 2,100 ATMs across three continents.
The latest chapter in this story is one of digitisation. HBL has a vast portfolio of products and services, highly developed infrastructure, and advanced technological capabilities. As it looks to the future, the bank is making concerted efforts and investments into fulfilling its vision of becoming a ‘technology company with a banking licence.’ Key to this strategy are digital transformation and financial
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Against this backdrop of immensely beautiful heritage sites and apparent disinterest, the agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), particularly the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), have played a vital role in the restoration of a number of heritage projects in northern Pakistan. Committed to sustainable development, AKTC has restored Altit Fort, Baltit Fort, Shigar Fort, Khaplu Palace and the Wali’s Residence, and handed over these assets to Serena Hotels Pakistan to ensure that the properties are well taken care of and appreciated, as Serena Hotels – part of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development – offer opportunities for sustainable heritage tourism. Photo: AKDN / courtesy of Serena Hotels Pakistan. Learn more.