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Economic diversification for sustained growth will require a dynamic urban economy. The urban sector is central to Tajikistans future growth. Agriculture accounts for only about 20% of the GDP with industry share being even lower at 13%. Services sector, accounting for more than half the economy (two-thirds of the service sector consists of trade, transportation, communication and storage), tends to be concentrated in urban areas, particularly for the modern and faster growing segments. Dushanbe, the largest city, for example, has grown by nearly 40% in its population since 2000 and accounts for more than 20% of the national GDP, anchored primarily on the services sector. The role of cities as hubs for job creation, innovation and growth in modernizing economies is increasingly recognized. Cities also provide complex challenges for policy makers to address associated issues such as concentrated poverty, pollution and infrastructure bottlenecks. _Getting cities right_ is recognized as a prerequisite to laying the foundations facilitating growth, inclusion and environmental sustainability |
