Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment: Update

On Approval of the Customs Code
; Law of the Republic 
of Uzbekistan # 418 (29 december 2016). 
On Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts Related to Adoption of 
Additional Measures for Accelerated Development of Entrepreneurship, Full Protection of Private Ownership and Qualitative 
Improvement of the Business Climate;
decree of the president #4853 (26 October 2016). 
On Establishing Free Economic 
Zones Urgut, Gijduvan, Kokand, Hazarasp
; decree of the president #4931 (12 January 2017). 
On additional measures to 
activate and expand the activities of free economic zones
; decree of the president # 5068 (5 June 2017). 
On Development 
of Scientific-Technological and Innovative Entrepreneurship, Creation of Small Innovative Enterprises, Manufacturing 
High-tech Products
; decree of the president #3068 (19 June 2017). 
On Improvement of Organization and Activities 
of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
; decree of the president #5087 (19 July 2017). 
On Measures of Radical 
Improvement of the System of State Protection to Legitimate Business Interests and Further Business Development
; decree 
of the president #3067 (27 June 2017). 
On Measures on Further Improving Procedures for Use of State-owned Facilities;
decree of the president # 4933 (17 January 2017). 
On Measures for Further Simplification of Procedures and Acceleration 
of Implementation of Use the State-owned Facilities for Business Purposes
; decree of the president # 4861 (2 december 
2016). 
On Measures to Ensure Accelerated Development of the Tourism Sector of the Republic of Uzbekistan
; decree of the 
president # 2768 (10 april 2017). 
On the Establishment of a Guarantee Fund for Small Entrepreneurship Development
; 
decree of the president # 2843 (17 March 2017).
On Measures to Create Additional Favorable Conditions for Business 
Activity in the Republic of Karakalpakstan and the Khorezm region
; decree of the president #4848 (5 October 2016). 
On 
Additional Measures to Ensure the Accelerated Development of Entrepreneurship, the Full Protection of Private Ownership and 
Qualitative Improvement of Business Climate
.
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decree of the president # 5054 (May 2017). 
On Amendments to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan 
# 3706 (5 January 2006). On Measures for Stimulation of Expansion of Cooperation between Large Industrial Enterprises and 
Production of Services Based on Development of Home-based Work
; decree of the president # 2996 (24 May 2017). 
On 
Measures for Creation of Additional Favorable Conditions for Further Development of Home-based Work. The Establishment 
of “Consortium for the Support of Home-based Work Ltd”.
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decree of the president # 5037 (5 May 2017). 
On the Establishment of an Ombudsman under the President of the Republic 
of Uzbekistan on Protection of Rights and Legitimate Interests of Entrepreneurship Subjects.

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Mainstreaming Gender in ADB Operations, by Sector
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persons engaged in the cultivation of agricultural crops in 
dehkan
farms.
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One of the most 
significant provisions introduced a simplified mechanism for granting microcredit to newly 
registered individual entrepreneurs and family business entities (Section IIC).
3. Key Gender Equality Issues
MSMes headed by women show strong and positive dynamics. In 2006–2010, 38.3% of small 
businesses were headed by women.
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this number increased to 42.3% in 2017. to involve 
women and youth in entrepreneurship, family businesses, and home labor, the government 
allocated SUM1 trillion to women entrepreneurs, and about 10,000 graduates of educational 
institutions received a credit of SUM60 billion 2017.
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Figure 3 specifies the dynamics of the bank loans provided to women entrepreneurs by 
commercial banks.
Women usually start engaging in SMes when their eldest child, especially a daughter, is old 
enough to do a large share of home chores and care for younger siblings. Beginning at 10–11 
years of age, children join the family business in one way or another. a survey conducted by the 
Business Forum of Uzbekistan project of the United Nations development programme draws 
the following picture: 
[an] Uzbekistan business woman desires self-affirmation and self-realization. 
She wants to find her own niche in the society, test and establish herself as a 
personality. If compared to a Western business woman who first makes her 
career and only then goes for a family, an Uzbekistan woman comes to business 
at around 40 years of age after she has realized herself as a mother and wife, has 
sufficient resources of vitality and does not need to dedicate all her time and 
life to the family and children. as compared to men, who look at their business 
mostly as at an instrument of earnings and revenue, women’s ultimate goal is not 
to get a (personal) financial independence, but as the most suitable form of self-
realization.
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among the female entrepreneurs who participated in the survey, 57% were 40–50 years old, 
22% were 20–30 years old, and 21% were 30–40 years old.
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decree of the president # 2844 (17 March 2017).