World Bank Document

CPF Objective Indicators 

 

Supplementary Progress 

Indicators  

WBG Program 

Indicator 1: The government will 

produce and publish estimates on 

the size of the middle class that are 

consistent with cross-country 

studies on the middle class. 

Baseline:   No (2015)       

Target:      Yes (2020) 

 

 

 

Milestone:  A report on the 

middle class estimation 

methodology will be published.  

 

 

Ongoing IPF: Modernization of 

Property Registration and Cadastre 

Project 

 

Proposed ASA: Programmatic CEM: 

Pacing of Market Reforms in 

Uzbekistan, Welfare Profile of the 

Population, Pathways to Global 

Middle Class, Public Expenditure and 

Financial Accountability (PEFA) 

assessment, Accounting and Auditing 

ROSC (AA ROSC) 

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Focus Area 2:  Agriculture Competitiveness and Cotton Sector Modernization  

Improving the competitiveness of the agricultural sector is key for Uzbekistan economic growth, shared prosperity 

and poverty reduction. The country is geographically well positioned to take advantage of large and growing markets 

for agricultural produce domestically and abroad. Modernizing existing agricultural value-chains, diversifying 

production and stimulating value-addition will generate growth and provide job opportunities in rural areas where 

most of the bottom 40 percent live.  

 

Government has demonstrated stronger willingness to move away from directed interventions and production quota 

to promote a market-driven and privately-managed cotton value chain. This approach is at the center of the 

modernization agenda currently discussed with the Government. The proposed activities will provide technical 

assistance to design the required policy reforms and will deliver complementary investments to operationalize them 

on the ground and to facilitate the transition towards a market-led agro-food system. 

CPF Objective 2.1: Increased efficiency in cotton sector through facilitation of a market-led modernization