Uzbekistan to fight poverty in Chinese way

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Uzbekistan has attracted specialists from China to implement the state program to combat poverty, according to the website of the President of Uzbekistan. .

In order to ensure employment of the population in Uzbekistan, the government of the country decided to use China's experience in poverty reduction. The delegation of Uzbekistan visited China to study the experience of China and develop new approaches. Chinese specialists were involved in the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of Uzbekistan. However, for what positions, the message does not say.

On the basis of the Chinese experience, a separate program to lift people out of poverty will be implemented in one of the districts of each region of Uzbekistan, the report said. At the same time, attention will be paid to improving the road transport, energy, communication and tourism infrastructure, the development of small and medium-sized cities, the industrialization of mahallas in areas with a high level of poverty.

This year, 13 trillion soums ($1.1 billion) of loans and 1.5 trillion soums ($0.2 billion) of subsidies are allocated to family businesses. The government of Uzbekistan intends to change the procedure for allocating loans and subsidies, providing for an individual approach to each low-income family.

CentralasianLIGHT.org

May 11, 2023