Online meetings held on April 26-28 involved representatives of local authorities, makhallas, civil society, non-governmental organizations, leading universities and experts from different regions of the country. They were organized by the World Bank (WB) in partnership with the Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR) and the Development Strategy Center. During the meetings, the members of the public were informed about preliminary results of the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD).
For information: SCD is a report produced by the World Bank for a client country every 4-5 years. It identifies key challenges and opportunities to ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity.
The SCD is comprehensive in scope and aims to cover all development priorities of a client country, including those supported there by the World Bank.
The SCD is key reference for the World Bank when prioritizing country engagement for the upcoming years. Thus, it will provide the foundation for financial and advisory support to the Government of Uzbekistan in relevant social and economic sectors, within the framework of the upcoming Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for 2022-2026.
The preliminary findings of the SCD outline four promising directions for the country's social and economic development. All members of the public may take part in the online consultations to rate the proposed directions and share their feedback or suggestions in Uzbek, Russian, or English. The online public consultations will be carried out from April 26 to May 10, 2021.
Use the following links to complete the online survey:
During the online meetings this week, WB experts outlined Uzbekistan’s four development opportunities for the coming years, based on SCD report’s findings. They are the following:
During their exchange with various audiences, the WB experts asked the meeting participants to help prepare relevant, timely and impactful SCD, and to respond to the following questions:
«It is extremely important to get feedback from the public and listen to opinions of citizens living in different regions of the country. Their active participation in various social and political processes, including in online consultations like this, is an opportunity to contribute to the changes taking place in the country.
Comments and recommendation received from participants of our online meetings and online consultations, will allow the authors of SCD to confirm that their conclusions are correct and to introduce necessary corrections in this study, taking into account the interests of various groups of our society,” said Umid Abidkhodjayev, Deputy Director of the CERR
The preparation of SCD report supported by views of members of the public will help to develop a more efficient Country Partnership Program for 2022-2026. The latter will aim, among other things, at assisting the Government with eradicating poverty, boosting the private sector growth, as well as expanding citizens' access to education, medicine, social protection systems and other public services.
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