On July 20 of the current year, in the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics (the State Committee on Statistics) the meeting of the representatives of the State Committee On Statistics led by Khurshid Jurayev, head of the Department of Summary and Information Works, took place with the mission of the French Development Agency (AFD) for conducting a comprehensive analysis of the macroeconomic and financial sector.
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The French Development Agency (AFD), as a financial institution, carries out a regular analysis of the macroeconomic and financial situation in the countries in which it operates. The last assessment of the AFD for Uzbekistan was carried out in 2019, that prompted the AFD to conduct a new comprehensive enquiry mission in Tashkent from July 18 to 22, 2022.
The objective of the mission, the composition of which includes Amaury Mulliez, Chief Risk Officer, and Sylvain Bellefontaine, Economist from the AFD Economic and Research Department in Paris, is to renew the understanding of the country’s institutional, social, economic and financial situation.
In the course of this meeting, the following issues were discussed:
- socio-political situation; structure of GDP growth, indicators of past years and prospects; sustainability of public finances;
- external liquidity and paying capacity; systemic risks, stability of the banking sector and its regulation, as well as monetary policy;
- potential macroeconomic and socio-economic consequences of climate change risk and transition risk.
The meeting was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
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