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Acknowledgments
The Uzbekistan Country Diagnostic Study was prepared by the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) under a regional technical assistance project (TA
8343-REG), Country Diagnostic Studies in Selected Developing Member
Countries. The study aims to contribute to the analysis
of ongoing economic
reforms taken by the Uzbekistan government. The study focuses on how
reforms can help to create more good-quality jobs and attempts to look
deeper into underlying causes for jobless growth. The study provides concrete
and evidence-based policy suggestions that may provide insights to support
government planning in the future years.
The study was undertaken by the Economic Research and Regional
Cooperation Department (ERCD), under the overall guidance and supervision
of Edimon Ginting, deputy director general, ERCD and former director of
the Economic Analysis and Operational Support Division (EREA), ERCD.
During the CDS’
final stretch, the study benefited from the advice of Rana
Hasan, director, EREA, ERCD. The study was initially led by Kee-Yung Nam,
principal energy economist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Department, and was completed by Kiyoshi Taniguchi, principal economist,
Pakistan
Resident Mission, Central and West Asia Department (CWRD).
Each chapter was prepared by a team: Chapter 1 (macroeconomic overview)
by Marcel Schroder, Kym Anderson, Edimon Ginting, and Kiyoshi Taniguchi;
Chapter 2 (infrastructure) by Kee-Yung Nam, Lotis C. Quiao, Jasmin Sibal,
Denise Encarnacion,
and Bahtiyor Eshchanov; Chapter 3 (human capital
development) by Malika Shagazatova, Kiyoshi Taniguchi, Jasmin Sibal, and
Bakhrom Mirkasimov; Chapter 4 (private sector development and access to
finance) by Shigehiro Shinozaki; and Chapter 5 (regional cooperation and
foreign direct investment) by Jozef Konings and Aigerim Yergabulova.
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Overall technical review and economic editing was provided by Kym Anderson,
to ensure coherence and
quality of the chapter studies, with support from
Jill Gale de Villa as copy editor and Tuesday Soriano as proofreader. Overall
research and technical support was provided by Maria Rowena Cham and
Jasmin Sibal, while Amanda Isabel Mamon supported project administration.
Research assistance was provided by Denise Encarnacion, Amador Foronda,
Reneli Gloria, and Daryll Naval. Mike Cortes did the graphic design, layout,
and typesetting.
The study is a product of extensive consultations with key government
ministries
in Uzbekistan, its think-tank agencies, and research institutions
supporting development and strategy planning. The study team expresses
special gratitude to the Institute of Macroeconomic Research and Forecasting,
Ministry of Economy, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Ministry of Finance,
Central
Bank of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, Ministry
of Labor, and Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education.
Other stakeholders who contributed to the study include Uzbekenergo,
the State Committee on Automobile Roads, and O’zbekiston Temir Yo’llari;
development partners, cooperatives,
state enterprises, and the private sector
have also been instrumental in the study.
We thank our university partners from the Tashkent State University
of Economics, Westminster International University in Tashkent, and
Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent for hosting
the study’s workshops, seminars, and consultations. We also thank seminar
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