Uzbekistan Diagnostic Assessing Progress and Challenges in

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Rank of selected lower - middle income countries
Ease of Doing Business 2018: 
74th out of 186 countries, up by 
13 places from the previous year 
Global 
Innovation 
Index 
2015
: 122
nd
out of 141 countries 
(61
st
on innovation outputs)

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OFFICIAL USE
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OFFICIAL USE
WELL-GOVERNED 
[ATQ = 4.32]
The main obstacle that holds back private sector growth in Uzbekistan is the strong 
presence and involvement of the state in the economy. 
Although the authorities have 
begun to reduce interference, it still negatively affects the business climate, constrains private 
sector access to resources, and distorts markets.
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State companies need to be commercialised, 
and non-core functions divested
. State-owned 
companies and also business associations have to 
be freed from state functions such as industrial 
policy and standard setting. 
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Data availability or access to them is poor, both 
in the public and the corporate spheres. 
Reporting requirements and methods are often outdated.
 
To allow well-informed business 
activities, reporting standards have to be improved. This is an important precondition also 
for the establishment of well-functioning capital markets. 
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There is progress in several areas of regulatory efficiency, including the 
reduction in the 
number of procedures required for obtaining licences or real estate, reduction of 
inspections and introducing of e-government and one-window policies
. However, in 
other areas, especially on the local level, administration still needs to become more 
transparent and unbiased vis-a-vis special interests and