Overview
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, the smallest country in Central Asia by area, is landlocked and borders Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. It covers roughly 143,100 km² and has about 10.8 million people. Dushanbe is the capital. Mountains cover more than 90% of the land, and the Pamirs in the east rise to 7,495 m at Ismoil Somoni Peak. Glacier-fed rivers such as the Vakhsh and Panj supply hydropower, which generates about 90% of the country’s electricity. In the north, the country extends into the Fergana Valley, the most densely populated region of Central Asia. Much of the territory came under Russian imperial control in the nineteenth century, and it became a Soviet Union republic in 1929. After independence in 1991, a civil war lasted from 1992 to 1997 and ended with a peace agreement. Tajikistan is a presidential republic. Tajik is the state language, Russian is the language of interethnic communication, and Islam, mostly Sunni, is the predominant religion. Tajikistan is a lower-middle-income country. Remittances, mainly from migrant workers in Russia, were equivalent to about 46% of GDP in 2025, one of the highest shares in the world. Gold and other precious metals are the largest exports, alongside aluminum, antimony, and cotton. Agriculture employs about 43% of the workforce. In 2025, Tajikistan’s GDP per capita was approximately US$1,637, and real GDP grew by 8.4%.
Source: World Bank. (2026). World Development Indicators, from https://data.worldbank.org/country/tajikistan
Institutions
Institutions with at least one Faculty Member Registered with Ivey Publishing
- Khorog State University
- Khujand Branch of Technological University of Tajikistan
- Khujand Polytechnical Institute of Tajik Technical University
- Khujand State University
- Kulyabsky State University
- Management Development Institute of Singapore in Dushanbe
- Russian-Tajik Slavonic University
- S.Aini Tajik State Pedagogical University
- Tajik Agrarian University
- Tajik State Medical University
- Tajik State National University
- Tajik State University of Commerce
- Tajik Technical University by name of M.Osimi
- Tajikistan State University of Law Business & Politics
- Tajikistan University of Technology
Source: Ivey Publishing. 39C Accounts by Country. Provided by Adrianna Gleam-Fossaceca, Ivey Publishing, August 11, 2026.
Cases
Ivey-Copyrighted Cases in or involving Tajikistan
Ivey Publishing and the 39 Country Initiative welcome case submissions that deepen understanding of Tajikistan’s businesses, institutions, industries, and broader economic and social context.
| Case | Authors | Published / Revised | Product Number | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where Have You Been? An Exercise to Assess Your Exposure to the Rest of the World’s Peoples | Paul W. Beamish | Nov 27, 2025 | W48085 | 11 |
Source: Ivey Publishing. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://www.iveypublishing.ca/s/
Workshops
Workshops Provided to Institutions in Tajikistan
The 39 Country Initiative’s most substantial outreach to date has centered on faculty development through in-person case-teaching workshops. The first workshop in Tajikistan ran from November 24–26, 2025. Glenn Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Strategy at Ivey, led an in-person workshop in Dushanbe at
− Tajik State University of Commerce.
Photos from the workshop can be found at https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/39country/news/2025/11/tajikistan-workshop-series/.
The visit to Dushanbe followed three workshops in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, during the same trip. The 39 Country Initiative also supports online case-teaching activities as part of its broader outreach. Opportunities remain to extend this engagement beyond in-person workshops and reach a wider number of institutions in Tajikistan.