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to reach upper middle-income status: (a) strengthening allocative efficiency and competition by 

removing market distortions; (b) establishing a high-quality regulatory environment; (c) promoting 

reallocation of land towards more productive uses; (d) modernizing public infrastructure; (e) addressing 

labor market weaknesses; (f) mitigating spatial inequities in access to social services; (g) promoting 

efficient and sustainable use and management of energy and natural resources; (h) widening access to 

pre-primary and tertiary education and ensuring access to quality health care, (i) addressing remaining 

inefficiencies in social protection, and (j) making public administration more transparent and 

accountable. 

 

iv. 

The government’s strategic objectives are for Uzbekistan to achieve upper middle-

income status by 2030, implying income growth averaging 6 percent annually, and in