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Modern Uzbekistan

Economic reforms are starting to take effect, but human rights abuses and social problems are a block to full investor trust

© Timur Karpov for the FT

Uzbekistan reform agenda shows signs of slowing
Early progress towards a more liberal economy has drawn attention to the previously authoritarian state
Uzbekistan fails to address human rights violations
Reform efforts have ‘ground to a halt’, say experts
Taliban takeover turns Uzbekistan into powerbroker
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev cultivates Central Asia leadership role
Uzbekistan’s rapid growth draws international investors
Booming population fuels ambitions to become Central Asia’s biggest economy
Uzbekistan seeks to shed state assets
Government wants to speed up privatisation, but inefficiency and poor management are in the way
Uzbekistan hires foreign advisers to push through reform programme
Wide-ranging and ambitious road map calls for dozens of new projects to spur growth

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