Regions and Countries

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Country Assistance Plans - Uzbekistan

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VIII. Economic and Sector Work Program

95. A Country Economic Review will be prepared annually. As per new sectors identified in the new COS, a PPTA for Urban Social Infrastructure Development approved in May 2000 will include a sector study on the urban social infrastructure in Uzbekistan. The subsectors to be covered under the TA are: (i) water supply; (ii) sanitation including sewerage, wastewater treatment, and solid waste management; (iii) district heating and hot water; (iv) housing; and (v) gas and electricity. The study will undertake an overview of the sector and subsectors to determine the policy framework for service provision. Enterprise restructuring, in the broader context of financial sector, corporate governance and bankruptcy reforms, could be included in ESW either in 2001 or 2002. The TA under processing in 2000 will give some insights in this area which can be augmented through ESW. A needs assessment will be made for early childhood development in close coordination with the World Bank and UN agencies.

96. In addition, in close coordination with other major donors such as the World Bank and IMF, some ESW may be required to make an assessment of the social and adjustment costs, resulting from implementation of planned reforms (e.g., liberalization of the foreign trade and exchange regimes) during 2000 - 2001. Incorporating the results of the World Bank-financed living standard survey, additional work might be required to strengthen a poverty analysis to formalize the Poverty Partnership Agreement in 2001. Appropriate modalities and resources requirements (e.g., TA, staff study, staff consultant work) to undertake these ESWs will be further determined.

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