World Bank Document

Partnerships and Donor Coordination 

 

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The WBG has established partnerships with the ADB, IsDB, JICA, SDC, and other 

development partners through co-financing and parallel financing of investment operations in 

the energy, transport, water supply and sanitation, and water resource management sectors. Other 

bilateral and donor organizations are mainly engaged through technical assistance programs. In 

addition, the WBG closely collaborates with the EU, US and Switzerland through the Multi-Donor 

Trust Fund to support activities related to the prevention of child and forced labor in Uzbekistan. 

There is no formal donor-coordinating body or framework in the country and donor activities are 

coordinated bi-laterally through the respective ministries and agencies.

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 Some donor coordination 

efforts are undertaken by UNDP through the United Nations Country Team in which the Bank 

participates. UNDP and the government have recently signed a UN Development Assistance 

Framework for 2016-2020 in which the WBG will lead a number of in-country thematic groups 

(e.g., agriculture and water resource management). 

 

 

                                                           

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 The MOU aims to expedite the government’s project preparation and advance procurement processes by launching 

both well in advance of Board approval. 

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 Annual disbursement targets will be defined as an average disbursement forecast for each project, discussed with 

the government at the end of a FY and agreed for the following FY. 

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 The Ministry of Economy is office of the WBG Governor in Uzbekistan. 

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