Friday, 22, November, 2024
Friday, 22, November, 2024
The World Bank approved a $95 million financing package to support Uzbekistan’s immediate response to the impacts of COVID-19 on the health and well-being of its citizens. The financing will be used to strengthen life-saving medical systems, as well as to provide income support to poor and vulnerable people affected by the economic consequences of the pandemic.
Uzbekistan plans to draw grants from the Japanese government to purchase the necessary medical equipment to counter the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT) said in a statement.
Georgian TBC Bank has obtained the full banking license, following the board of the Central Bank issuing resolution on April 11, the Central Bank said.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million loan that will help improve and expand solid waste management (SWM) services in small urban and rural areas across Uzbekistan, as well as promote environmental sustainability.
Domestic businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in Central Asia’s most populated country, Uzbekistan, will be able to continue their business activities despite the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to a new trade finance facility provided by the EBRD to three local banks.
The Capital Market Development Agency of Uzbekistan intends to become the signatory of the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Consultation and Cooperation and the Exchange of Information of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO MMOU) by the year-end.
Uzbekistan banks on the evening of April 14 raised the USD to UZS exchange rate to over 10 thousand soums. If earlier in the day, banks were buying USD at 9750–9840 soums range and were selling for 9850 soums, then by 8-00 PM most banks increased the rates to 10,050 and 10,150 soums, respectively.
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has cut its interest rate by 1 percentage points to 15% per annum, the regulator said. The decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the Central Bank on Monday.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, held a webinar on stress-testing for Uzbekistan’s financial institutions as part of its response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven local banks participated in the virtual session aimed at equipping them with knowledge and tools to urgently respond to unforeseen disruptive events.
The Uzbekistan Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov in videoconference talks with the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Bandar Hajjar discussed the issues of cooperation in order to support and strengthen the capacity of the Uzbek public healthcare system in the backdrop of the outbreak of coronavirus and mitigating the effects of the global pandemic on the economic growth in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan’s growth will slow in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a lower price for natural gas and copper, but higher investments coupled with gains in industry and agriculture are expected to fuel a recovery in 2021, a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report says.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade and ADB Governor Sardor Umurzakov today discussed how ADB can support Uzbekistan in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a $500 million financing package for implementation of the Agriculture Modernization Project in Uzbekistan.
In 2020, Uzbekistan will take steps to borrow up to $ 1 billion from international financial institutions through soft loans and other sources to support the budget.
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) will provide $ 23.1 million in a loan to Uzbekistan for the Equipping Uzbekistan Medical Institutions Providing Urologic and Hemodialysis Services Project.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced a $6.5 billion initial package to address the immediate needs of its developing member countries (DMCs) as they respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. "This pandemic has become a major global crisis. It requires forceful action at national, regional, and global levels,” said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $239 million credit from the International Development Association for financing of the Water Services and Institutional Support Project in Uzbekistan.
EU Budget Support approved to assist with implementation of the new Uzbekistan Agri-food Development Strategy 2020-2030. The Government of Uzbekistan and the European Union have signed a Financing Agreement to provide 40 million EUR Grant Budget Support and Complementary Assistance for the reforms of Agri-food Sector of Uzbekistan.
National Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs (NBU), Uzbekistan’s largest bank by assets, plans a $300 million debut Eurobond issue, the Uzbek finance ministry said on Tuesday.
On March 5, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Suma Chakrabarti, the presidential press service said.