Uzbekistan Quality Job Creation as a Cornerstone for Sustainable Economic Growth

Tables, Figures, and Boxes
3.19 Average Value of Remittance Transactions, Uzbekistan,
120 
2010–2017 
4.1 Number of Enterprises, Uzbekistan, 2003–2017 
139
4.2 Employment, Uzbekistan, 2003–2017 
140
4.3 Gross Value Added, Uzbekistan, 2003–2017 
140
4.4 Small Businesses, Uzbekistan, 2003 and 2018 
142
4.5 Employment by Small Businesses, Uzbekistan, 
143
2003, 2005, and 2017 
4.6 Gross Value Added by Small Businesses, Uzbekistan,
145 
2003, 2015, 2017, and 2018 
4.7 Small Business Exports and Imports, Uzbekistan, 
147
2003–2018 
4.8 Business Innovation and Finance, Uzbekistan, 2013 
149
4.9 Bank Credit and GDP per Capita, Central and West Asia,
150 
2004–2017 
4.10 Bank Credit and New Business, Central and West Asia, 
151 
2006–2016 
4.11 Financial Soundness in the Banking Sector, Uzbekistan, 
152 
2013–2018 
4.12 Commercial Bank Lending, Uzbekistan, 2013–2018 
152
4.13 Nonbank Finance Industry, Uzbekistan, 2004–2018 
154
4.14 Nonbank Finance Institutions’ Total Assets, Uzbekistan, 
154 
2017–2018 
4.15 Securities Markets, Selected Countries, 2017 
155
4.16 Financial Infrastructure Development, Uzbekistan 
156
4.17 Financing Gap Faced by Micro, Small, and
159 
Medium-Sized Enterprises, Developing Economies, 2016 
4.18 Commercial Bank Loans to Small Businesses, Uzbekistan, 
161 
2017–2018 
4.19 Microcredit Organizations, Uzbekistan, 2004–2018 
162
4.20 Leasing Market, Uzbekistan, 2012–2018 
163
4.21 Credit Guarantees for Small Businesses, Uzbekistan, 2018 
164
4.22 Subsidized Loans for Small Businesses, Uzbekistan, 2018 
165
4.23 Digital Finance Impact on the Financial sector, Developing 
166 
Economies, 2016 
4.24 Digital Penetration, Uzbekistan, 2014 and 2017 
167
4.25 Online Supply Chain Finance 
167
5.1 Total Imports and Exports, Uzbekistan, 1995–2018 
183
5.2 Major Export Destinations, Uzbekistan, 1996–2017
184
5.3 Origins of Major Imports to Uzbekistan, 1996–2017 
184
5.4 Major Export Products, Uzbekistan, 2018 
185

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Boxes
1.1 Countercyclical Fiscal Policy 
9
2.1 Uzbekistan and the CAREC Program 
41
2.2 Key Legislation Related to the Power Sector 
52
2.3 Uzbekistan’s Energy Efficiency Policy 
68
3.1 Use of Data and Research for Tailor-Made Vocational Education 93 
and Training Policies: The Republic of Korea’s Success 
3.2 International Universities in Uzbekistan 
95
3.3 Higher Education Outcomes and Labor Market Relevance 
103
3.4 Uzbekistan’s Higher Education Policy for 2017–2021 
104
3.5 Government Employment Promotion Program for 2018 
108
3.6 New Labor Policies for Migrant Workers in
121
the Russian Federation 
5.1 Role of Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Liberalization
195 
in the Chilean Economy 
5.5 Major Import Products, Uzbekistan, 2018 
185
5.6 FDI Inflows and Share of GDP, Uzbekistan, 1996–2018 
186
5.7 FDI Inflows in Share of GDP (%), Uzbekistan, 2012 and 2017
187
5.8 Total Trade as a Share of GDP in Central Asian Countries,
188 
1995–2018 
5.9 Weighted Average Import Tariffs, Selected Central Asian
189 
Countries, 2006–2014
5.10 Foreign Direct Investment Flows into Selected Economies,
191 
2005–2017
5.11 Ranking on Doing Business Indicators, Uzbekistan, 2020 
192
Box 5.1 Evolution of Average Tariffs and Trade 
196 
as a Share of GDP in Chile, 1992–2008 
5.12 Firm Size Distribution in Uzbekistan, 2012
198
5.13 Skewed Firm Size Distribution in Uzbekistan, 2012
199
5.14 Uzbekistan’s Exports and the Size of Destination Countries
200
5.15 Uzbekistan’s Exports and the Distance to Destination
200