Growth and Job Creation in Uzbekistan : A In-depth Diagnostic
This report stems from the work initiated in the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) forUzbekistan in May 2016, which identified the quality of job creation as a central, cross-cuttingtheme. The SCD emphasized that "over the medium term, creat...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/130581560953053964/Growth-and-Job-Creation-in-Uzbekistan-A-In-depth-Diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31935 |
| Summary: | This report stems from the work
initiated in the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)
forUzbekistan in May 2016, which identified the quality of
job creation as a central, cross-cuttingtheme. The SCD
emphasized that "over the medium term, creating
high-productivity, high-paying jobs for Uzbekistan's
growing population will be vital to sustaining economic
growth, reinforcing social stability, and enabling further
improvements in the welfare of households in the bottom 40
percent of the income distribution. Uzbekistan can expect to
develop higher-paying jobs as it transitions from a
factor-driven economy to an efficiency-driven economy."
However, given data constraints, the SCD cited the need for
a more detailed analysis and assessment of various
dimensions of economic data, based on additional data. This
report builds on the SCD and represents a further step in an
ongoing strategic and analytical engagement with Uzbekistan.
In this context, the report deepens the analysis of the two
key factors contributing to growth in GDP per capita in
Uzbekistan: growth in labor productivity and growth in
employment. This new analysis was possible by applying the
growth decomposition tool to new data disaggregated by
sectors of the economy and new data on constraints to
productivity and employment growth generated by the three
enterprise surveys conducted for this report. These surveys
were carried out in 2013 and 2017 in five subsectors of
Uzbekistan's manufacturing sector (machinery building,
chemicals and petrochemicals, light industry, food
processing, and construction materials). The same
questionnaire was used to survey 122 large firms in 2013,
111 large firms in 2017, and 478 small firms in 2017 across
six regions of Uzbekistan. The survey data allowed a more
systematic diagnostic analysis of Uzbekistan's growth
challenges and the identification of the most binding
constraints to jobs and productivity, which will help ensure
more tailored and relevant policy advice. |
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