On October 2 this year, under the leadership of the World Bank, a video conference was organized within the framework of the project "Strengthening the statistical system in Uzbekistan". In it, representatives of the World Bank, the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction, the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, the State Committee on Statistics and the State Tax Committee exchanged views online.

The online conference was attended by the First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Statistics - Dilshod Kholmurodov, Head of the Department of Macroeconomic Indicators and National Accounts - Aziz Mamirov, Head of the Department of International Cooperation and Information Exchange - Odiljon Mamadaliev, Head of the Department of Demography and Labor Statistics - Zoyir Yuldoshev, Head of the Department for Coordination of Statistics estimates of the shadow economy - Ziyoda Kamilova.

During the event, participants discussed issues related to the definition of the informal sector and the shadow economy for statistical purposes, statistical indicators of the informal sector of the labor market, measuring the informal sector among enterprises and institutions, data on formal and informal business, creating measures to encourage formalities.

Senior Economist of the World Bank – Mr. William Seitz spoke in detail about foreign experience in strengthening the statistical system, methods implemented in the practice of strengthening the statistical system, existing problems and measures to eliminate them.

First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Statistics - Kholmurodov Dilshod Ibrahimovich gave detailed information about the work being done to develop the National System of Statistics.

Experts in this field answered in detail the questions of interest to the participants of the event.

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