Development finance assessment

partnerships with neighbors and the rest of the world. 
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Within the framework of a rapid integrated assessment (RIA) a local expert analyzed 190 planning, policy and 
regulatory documents (in total) that constitute the following type of documents: a) State Programs, strategies, 
concepts etc.; b) Laws, legislative docs; c) President’s Decrees and Resolutions, Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers; 
and d) Orders, other regulatory docs of sectoral ministries..

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DEVELOPMENT FINANCE ASSESSMENT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
SDG 14 Oceans has not been nationalized by Uzbekistan. However, there may be value 
in considering including SDG 14 as it also relates to maintaining fish stocks at biologically 
sustainable levels and fighting illegal fishing practices of inland capture fisheries and 
aquaculture
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These coverage gaps may point to potential resource gaps for those respective SDGs. At 
the same time, the full coverage of an SDG by the state planning system is no guarantee of 
resource sufficiency. A preliminary assessment of public spending, conducted for the 2019 
Citizens Budget reveals that 72 percent of state budget spending can be directly related to 
financing the SDGs (Figure 24). This mapping of national budget to the SDGs is an important 
first step towards an SDG aligned budgeting process. However, for this information to 
meaningfully inform budget allocations would require further strengthening the system to 
track actual spending at the level of SDG targets. This DFA argues there’s a critical opportunity 
to mainstream the SDG targets and their corresponding performance indicators across the 
outcome-based budgeting process being implemented. 
Figure 24 State budget expenditure for the implementation of the SDGs
(percent of total expenditure, 2019)
8,6
1,7
11
26,6
0,5
5,4
0,02
3,4
3,8
0,1
5,1
0,3
0,2
2,1
2,8
Source: GoU, Citizen Budget 2019.
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Although fisheries offer a potential to contribute to rural development and food security they have not developed 
to their potential capacity. The fisheries sector employed an estimated 5 606 people, including 3 600 inland waters 
fishers and 2 000 (15% women) in aquaculture in 2016 (FAO, 2018: Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profiles).

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