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NATSUDA Kaoru
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2026/01/22 |
| Type | Research paper |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Challenges in the Development of the Extractive Industries Sector in Tajikistan: The Case of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
| Contribution Type | Corresponding |
| Journal | The Extractive Industries and Society (Elsevier) |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 26,pp.101855 |
| Authorship | Corresponding author |
| Author and coauthor | Maxudova, Oliya and Natsuda, Kaoru |
| Details | The extractive industry is one of Tajikistan's fastest-growing sectors, contributing to industrialization, employment creation, and export earnings. Although Tajikistan joined the EITI in 2013, its membership was suspended three times. According to the third Validation Assessment in April 2025, Tajikistan made fairly low progress in EITI implementation. This study examines why Tajikistan is unable to improve its natural resource management in the extractive industries sector under the EITI Standard, by identifying two fundamental challenges: poor state capacity and insufficient engagement of the multi-stakeholder group. Due to EITI’s universal approach and voluntary system, the EITI framework has limitations in less democratic post-Soviet countries. Hence, the EITI membership in Tajikistan seems to be playing a window-dressing role, rather than tackling fundamental challenges in natural resource management and the sustainable development of the extractive industries sector. |
| URL for researchmap | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2026.101855 |