Uzbekistan and ADB
In the Spotlight
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ADB Approves $300 Million Loan to Support Economic Reform Program in Uzbekistan
ADB Board of Directors has approved a $300 million policy-based loan to help improve economic management in Uzbekistan, which will help support macroeconomic stability and sustain high growth in the country.
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Uzbekistan's Latest Country Fact Sheet
ADB support to Uzbekistan is aligned with the country’s national development priorities, which guides its pursuit of industrial modernization and infrastructure development. Read the latest country fact sheet.
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ADB Loan to Help Modernize Power Generation in Uzbekistan
ADB has approved a $450 million loan to help install 850 megawatts (MW) to 950 MW in additional generation capacity in the Talimarjan Thermal Power Plant, which will help improve power generation efficiency and energy security in Uzbekistan.
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ADB to Support Quality Primary Healthcare in Uzbekistan
ADB's Board of Directors has approved a $45 million loan to help improve the quality of rural primary healthcare services in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan is a country striving for inclusive economic growth and a narrowing of gaps in infrastructure quality between rural and urban areas.
ADB's country operations business plan (COBP), 2018-2020 for Uzbekistan includes operational support for transport, energy, municipal services, health, and access to finance. Support for the key drivers of change—private sector development, regional cooperation, governance, knowledge management, gender equity, and climate change and the environment—is integrated into the operational assistance.
Uzbekistan is a member of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.
Latest
ADB Vice-President Visits Uzbekistan, Reaffirms Partnership
ADB Vice-President Mr. Wencai Zhang reiterated ADB’s support for the government’s development and reform agenda, and expressed confidence in Uzbekistan’s economic prospects.
ADB Strengthens Trade Finance Support to Uzpromstroybank
ADB's Trade Finance Program (TFP) signed an agreement with Uzbek Industrial and Construction Bank JSCB (Uzpromstroybank) on the sidelines of the 2018 TFP Awards and Partners Dinner held in Singapore on 4 September.
In Uzbekistan, the majority of households and firms save and borrow informally; few use digital finance products.
Financial Inclusion, Regulation, and Literacy in Uzbekistan
Projects in Uzbekistan
Approved/Active
- Livestock Value Chain Development Project
- Uzbekneftegaz Corporate Transformation
- Implementing the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation 2030 Strategy for Sustainable Regional Development
- Supporting Social Safeguards in the Central and West Asia Region
- Economic Management Improvement Program (Subprogram 1)
