Uzbekistan Transport & Logistics: A Country on the Move
Uzbekistan is one of the two double landlocked countries in the world. The development of modern transportation and logistics systems is of key importance.
22/08/2022
Category: Uzbekistan
In Context: Uzbekistan Politics
Uzbekistan: Power & Influence – How Decisions are Made. No business can succeed in any country without company management understanding how that country is run, decisions made, and disputes handled. It is equally important to understand the background, ambitions and motivation of the leader and the senior officials.
29/07/2022
Uzbekistan: Karakalpakstan Protests – No Threat to Stability
President Mirziyoyev announced that a referendum to amend the constitution will be held before the end of this year. He offered nine general proposals and said it was necessary to replace the principle of “state-society-person” with “person-society-state.”
24/07/2022
Uzbekistan Consumer Sectors: Fast Growing Market Creates Opportunities
Income growth is a key government policy. Raising the country to high-middle income status by the end of the decade is a key policy priority for the President. This will be a powerful driver for the consumer sector.
24/06/2022
Uzbekistan Agriculture: Transformational Changes Underway
Having concentrated on fiscal and monetary reforms and on advancing big infrastructure projects, over the past five years, the government is now much more actively pursuing economic and export diversification projects, to create employment and support rural communities. Agriculture has emerged top of the priority sector list.
30/05/2022
Uzbekistan Country Update: Powering Ahead
The main investment priority is still the power sector, as Uzbekistan seeks a bigger, and diversified, power source to fund economic growth. There is a greater focus on renewable energy, especially solar.
21/04/2022
Uzbekistan: Energizing Sustainable Growth
Uzbekistan GDP is expected to have grown by 1.6% in 2020 (preliminary estimate). This is because of the impact of the Covid lockdown on domestic consumption and the fall in external demand. A bounce of 4-5% is expected in 2020.
04/02/2021
Agriculture in Uzbekistan: Next in line for major reform
More focused. Having concentrated on fiscal and monetary reforms and on advancing big infrastructure projects, such as in the power sector, the Uzbek government is now much more actively pursuing economic and export diversification projects, especially in areas that can create employment and support rural communities. Agriculture has emerged as top of that list.
29/07/2020
Uzbekistan: Healthcare
Healthcare was already a priority, even before Covid-19. Uzbekistan is a country in a hurry to modernize. It has already carried out a number of business and lifestyle changing reforms since the election of President Mirziyoyev in late 2016.
21/06/2020
Uzbekistan Update: Honeymoon has ended … the Romance has not
Uzbekistan has undergone a fast-paced change since late 2016. This “new-frontier” attracted a lot of investor interest and IFI aid/loan money. But the economy is facing problems. Balancing efforts to sustain growth with prudent fiscal management is more difficult.
20/12/2019
