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agribusiness companies. 

Focus Area 3: Public Service Delivery 

The Government recognizes that the quality of public service delivery is an important determinant for the capacity 

of the economy to create economic growth, reduce poverty and generate employment given the currently strong role 

of the State in the Uzbek Economy. Both the quality and quantity of most public services fail to meet current demand 

and constrain future growth. In addition, significant geographic differences in access create inequality of 

opportunities and impede both poverty reduction and income growth for the bottom 40 percent.  

 

Improved quality of education, health, social protection and environmental services are essential to endow the 

growing labor force with the human capital while ensuring the sustainability of the investments. Improved energy, 

transport, solid waste management and urban infrastructure and services is, in turn, needed to respond to unmet 

demand and address infrastructure gaps and backlogs.  

 

In addition, rapidly growing urban centers are increasingly playing a key role in job creation, as most new jobs are 

being created (and will continue to be created) in urban areas and their connected regions. Therefore, improving the 

efficiency of urban growth and expansion, creating livable and greener cities and ensuring integration and 

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coordination in the delivery of municipal services and infrastructures on fast-growing medium-sized cities would be 

essential to meet the objective of the Government of “creating the conditions for rapid job creation” and 

competitiveness.