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Country Operations Business Plan October 2020 Uzbekistan 2021–2023 This document is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB's Access to Information Policy.
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS
(as of 31 August 2020)
Currency unit – sum (SUM)
SUM1.00 = $0.00010
$1.00 = SUM10,263
ABBREVIATIONS
ADB – Asian Development Bank
ADF – Asian Development Fund
COBP – country operations business plan
COVID-19 – coronavirus disease
CPS – country partnership strategy
EAL – emergency assistance loan
OCR – ordinary capital resources
PBL – policy-based loan
RCI – regional cooperation and integration
NOTE
In this report, “$” refers to United States dollars.
Vice-President Shixin Chen, Operations 1
Director General Werner Liepach, Central and West Asia Department (CWRD)
Country Director Cindy Malvicini, Uzbekistan Resident Mission (URM), CWRD
Team leader Begzod Djalilov, Senior Economics Officer, URM, CWRD
Team members Eduardo Banzon, Principal Health Specialist, Health Sector Group,
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC)
Pratish Halady, Principal Public–Private Partnership Specialist,
Advisory Division 1, Office of Public–Private Partnership
Alexander Nicholas Jett, Senior Investment Specialist (Guarantees),
Guarantees and Syndications Unit, Private Sector Operations
Department
Jukka Tulivuori, Social Sector Specialist, Education Sector Group,
SDCC
Uzbekistan country team
CWRD team
In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation
of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian
Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any
territory or area.CONTENTS
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I. CONSISTENCY OF BUSINESS PLAN WITH COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY 1
II. INDICATIVE RESOURCE PARAMETERS 1
III. SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO LENDING AND NONLENDING PROGRAMS 2
APPENDIXES
1. Country Assistance Results Areas 3
2. List of Linked Documents 5
3. Indicative Assistance Pipeline 6
4. Assistance Program for the Current Year 12
5. Indicative Knowledge Publications and Events 15I. CONSISTENCY OF BUSINESS PLAN WITH COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY
1. The country operations business plan (COBP), 2021–2023 of the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) for Uzbekistan is consistent with the recent initiatives of the government; ADB’s
country partnership strategy (CPS), 2019–2023 for Uzbekistan; and ADB’s Strategy 2030
operational priorities.1 The key objective of ADB’s CPS is to support the country’s move toward a
vibrant and inclusive market economy, including the transformation of the state’s role. ADB will
assist in this transition by providing policy advice, investments, and capacity development in three
strategic areas: (i) supporting private sector development, (ii) reducing economic and social
disparities, and (iii) promoting regional cooperation and integration (RCI). To this end, this COBP
includes operational support for energy, transport, finance, agriculture, water supply and other
urban infrastructure, health, and education.
2. To support the government in combating the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,
the COBP incorporates projects, accounting for 13% of the financial envelope, in education,
health, finance, and urban and water.2 They improve distance learning in public education, widen
access to clean water and sanitation, strengthen the health care system’s resilience to the
pandemic and emergencies, and accelerate post-COVID recovery of small and family businesses.
In identifying new projects for the COBP, ADB considered the government’s policy to expand
private sector engagement in investment projects, sector reforms and absorptive capacity of
investments, and an expected cap on external borrowing. ADB also sequenced the projects in
the pipeline based on their readiness for implementation, especially in terms of procurement and
consultant recruitment.
II. INDICATIVE RESOURCE PARAMETERS
3. Uzbekistan, a group B developing member country, is eligible for regular ordinary capital
resources (OCR) lending and concessional OCR lending. The indicative resources available for
commitment during 2021–2023 for sovereign operations total $2,473 million, comprising $1,524
million for regular OCR lending and $949 million in concessional OCR lending.3 The final
allocation will depend on, among other factors, available resources, project readiness, and the
outcome of the country performance assessments. Cofinancing and funding from other sources,
1 The CPS is aligned with the operational priorities of ADB’s Strategy 2030: (i) strengthening governance and
institutional capacity, (ii) addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities, (iii) promoting rural development
and food security, and (iv) fostering regional cooperation and integration (RCI). ADB. 2018. Strategy 2030: Achieving
a Prosperous, Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Asia and the Pacific. Manila; and ADB. 2019. Country Partnership
Strategy: Uzbekistan, 2019–2023—Supporting Economic Transformation. Manila.
The CPS is also in line with the national development strategy, 2017–2021 and the subsequent reform agenda. The
government’s ultimate objectives of improving the quality of people’s lives and enabling the creation of quality jobs
can be achieved only by developing a robust private sector and by reducing the state’s pervasive footprint in the
economy. Government of Uzbekistan. 2017. Presidential Decree No. 4947. On Strategy of Actions for Further
Development of Uzbekistan. Tashkent.
2 In 2020, ADB is supporting the government with the COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program
(policy-based loan [PBL], $500 million), the COVID-19 Emergency Response Project (emergency assistance loan
[EAL], $100 million), the knowledge and support Technical Assistance for Assessment of Socioeconomic Impacts of
COVID-19 and Institutional Strengthening for Policy Responses ($0.65 million), and COVID-19 Emergency
Response grant ($3 million) funded by the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF). In 2021–2023, ADB will
support Uzbekistan’s recovery and resilience to COVID-19 with the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Development Program (PBL, $100 million), the Integrated Perinatal Care Project ($100 million), the Water Supply
and Sanitation Sector Development Program ($100 million), the Integrated Urban Development Project ($100
million), and the Secondary Education Investment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Project ($100
million).
3 Additional resources were provided subsequently for a prioritized Climate-Adaptive Water Resources Management
in the Aral Sea Basin Project from the ADF 13 thematic pool for $3.0 million.2
including Asian Development Fund (ADF) grants from the ADF 13 thematic pool for projects
addressing specific challenges, will be explored.4 The proposed cumulative lending program for
the 3-year period is $3,123 million.5 An overprogramming of 26% is included to place the program
on the trajectory for a scale-up, as requested by the government, and to allow for greater project
implementation readiness.6 Policy-based lending (PBL) operations for 2021–2023 will be subject
to availability of resources and headroom under ADB’s PBL ceiling. In addition to public sector
assistance, ADB will explore private sector undertakings in finance, energy efficiency,
agribusiness, health, and other areas that support respective sector reforms, employment, export
promotion, and innovation. Consistent with a “One ADB” approach, ADB will expand integrated
solutions that draw on expertise in ADB’s Central and West Asia Department, Office of Public–
Private Partnership, and Private Sector Operations Department.7 Technical assistance grants
totaling about $24.5 million (including $6.0 million projected cofinancing) will be extended for
project preparation, demand-led reforms, capacity development, policy advice, and knowledge
management.
4. The areas of intervention and the indicative resource allocation for each sector are in
Appendix 1. The list of linked documents is in Appendix 2. The updated lending and nonlending
programs are in Appendixes 3 and 4. The list of indicative knowledge publications and events for
2021 is in Appendix 5.
III. SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO LENDING AND NONLENDING PROGRAMS
5. Adjustments to the 2021–2023 lending program are made to meet evolving government
priorities.8 The Power Sector Reform Program (PBL) was added with two subprograms in 2020
and 2023.9 The Gas Sector Reform Program (PBL) was added in 2022. The Solar Public–Private
Partnership Program with three tranches of partial credit guarantee, $20 million each, for 2021–
2023 replaced the Renewable Power Project. The Small Business Finance and Rural Financial
Inclusion Project (financial intermediary loan) planned for 2021 commitment was changed to the
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Program (PBL). The Surkhandarya Regional
Road Project replaced the Rehabilitation of Darband–Denov Road Project. The Sustainable
Urban Services Projects Readiness Facility was added in the 2022 pipeline.
4 The proposed ADF 13 framework introduces a single thematic pool. Group A countries, including International
Development Association gap countries and, on a very selective basis, group B countries, are eligible. The single
thematic pool addresses thematic priorities in gender equity; climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction;
and RCI, including regional public goods. Cofinancing will be sought through both sovereign and private windows
financing.
5 The COBP comprises projects promoting gender equality (77% of total firm projects), tackling climate change (74%),
and facilitating RCI (26%). RCI is embedded in eight projects promoting regional transport connectivity, trade in
agriculture products, and water resource management.
6 To meet the excess demand of 42% in the regular OCR lending pipeline, other sources will be explored: (i) regular
OCR resources allocated to the department that are unutilized and (ii) external sources.
7 ADB will provide upstream policy advice in transformation of state-owned banks and improvement of corporate
management in utilities companies to facilitate private sector investment. ADB will continue to lead engagement to
promote private sector advisory in strategic sectors of the economy—energy, water and wastewater, solid waste
management, district heating, public education, and health—through public–private partnership initiatives. ADB’s
ongoing public–private partnership projects include (i) capacity-building support to relevant ministries and agencies;
(ii) transaction advisory services for the Four Cities Water and Wastewater Project (including the Namangan
Wastewater Treatment Plant), Tashkent District Heating Project, Sherabad Solar Photovoltaic Project (Phase 1 and
Phase 2), and Tashkent Public Schools Project; and (iii) a project definition grant from the Asia Pacific Project
Preparation Facility (AP3F) for the Tashkent and Bekabad Solid Waste Management Project.
8 At the government’s request and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Sardoba Dam burst in May 2020,
the COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program (PBL), the COVID-19 Emergency Response
Project (EAL), and the Sardoba Emergency Response Project (EAL) were added in the 2020 pipeline.
9 The Power Sector Reform Program (PBL) Subprogram 1 is approved on 28 September 2020.Appendix 1 3
COUNTRY ASSISTANCE RESULTS AREAS
ADB
Key Country Development Indicative Resource Available for Changes from Last
Outcomes that ADB Contributes to Key Areas of Assistance Commitment in 2021–2023a COBP
1. Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development
CPS priority area: Promotion of exports based on comparative advantages
Proportion of exports from horticulture Livestock $520 million (all from COL) for 2021– Livestock is added as
subsector increased Agro-industry, marketing, and trade 2023, 17% of total COBP envelope a key area of
Water-based natural resources management assistance. Agriculture
finance is deleted as a
key area of assistance.
2. Education
CPS priority area: Enabling environment for private sector development
Skills and competitiveness of the Education sector development $100 million (all from COL) for 2021– Education sector
labor force improved Secondary education (in science, technology, 2023, 3% of total COBP envelope development is added
engineering, and math) as a key area of
assistance. Technical
and vocational
education and training,
and labor market and
system are deleted as
key areas of
assistance.
3. Energy
CPS priority area: Enabling environment for private sector development and transformation of state’s role in the economy
Higher efficiency and competition in Renewable energy generation – solar $710 million (all from regular OCR) Combined-cycle power
the energy sector Energy efficiency and conservation for 2021–2023, 23% of total COBP generation is deleted
Energy transmission and distribution envelope as a key area of
Energy sector development and institutional assistance.
reform $500 million in potential cofinancing
4. Finance
CPS priority area: Provision of equal access to economic opportunities and enabling environment for private sector development
Immediate adverse effects of Finance and leasing of small and medium- $400 million ($334 million from Immediate adverse
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) sized enterprises regular OCR, and $66 million from effects of COVID-19
outbreak on businesses reduced Inclusive finance COL) for 2021–2023, 13% of total outbreak on
More competitive and enabling Money and capital markets COBP envelope businesses reduced
environment for private sector Finance sector development $100 million in potential cofinancing was added as a key4 Appendix 1
ADB
Key Country Development Indicative Resource Available for Changes from Last
Outcomes that ADB Contributes to Key Areas of Assistance Commitment in 2021–2023a COBP
development in the finance sector Housing finance country development
Women’s financial inclusion outcome that ADB
increased contributes to.
5. Health
CPS priority area: Reducing economic and social disparities
Access to quality health services Mother and child health care $100 million (all from COL) for 2021– No change
improved Health system development 2023, 3% of total COBP envelope
6. Public Sector Management
CPS priority area: Enabling environment for private sector development and transformation of state’s role in the economy
Reform of state-owned enterprises in Public expenditure and fiscal management $100 million (all from OCR) for 2021– No change
energy and transport sectors Reforms of state-owned enterprises 2023, 3% of total COBP envelope
More competitive and enabling Economic affairs management
environment for private sector
development
7. Transport
CPS priority area: Reduction of distance between regional economies and promotion of trade in Central Asia
Transport connectivity improved Road transport (nonurban) $630 million (all from regular OCR) No change
Rail transport (nonurban) for 2021–2023, 20% of total COBP
Transport policies and institutional envelope
development
$408 million in potential cofinancing
8. Water and Other Urban Infrastructure and Services
CPS priority area: Equitable improvement of living standards in cities and small towns
Coverage, quality, efficiency, and Other urban services $548 million ($382 million from Other urban services
reliability of urban services improved Urban water supply regular OCR, and $166 million from are added as a key
Urban sanitation COL) for 2021–2023, 18% of total area of assistance
Urban solid waste management COBP envelope.b
Urban policy, institutional, and capacity
development $170 million in potential cofinancing
ADB = Asian Development Bank, COBP = country operations business plan, COL = concessional OCR lending, COVID-19 = coronavirus disease, CPS = country partnership
strategy, OCR = ordinary capital resources.
a To meet the excess demand of 42% in the regular OCR lending pipeline, other sources will be explored: (i) regular OCR resources allocated to the department that are
unutilized and (ii) external sources. The total indicative resource allocation for lending product cofinancing during 2021–2023 is $1,178 million.
b This does not include the project readiness facility ($15 million) for the Sustainable Urban Services Project that supports the water and other urban infrastructure and
services sector.
Source: Asian Development Bank estimates.Appendix 2 5
LIST OF LINKED DOCUMENTS
http://www.adb.org/Documents/COBP/?id=UZB-2021
1. Portfolio at a Glance: Uzbekistan6 Appendix 3
INDICATIVE ASSISTANCE PIPELINE
Table A3.1: Lending Products, 2021–2023
Year Cost ($ million)
of ADB
Poverty Operational TRTA/ Regular ADF Co-
Project/Program Namea Sector Targeting Priority Division PRF Total OCRb COL Grants Total Gov’t finance
2021 Firm
Climate-Adaptive Water ANR GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWER 2020 150.0 0.0 150.0 0.0c 150.0c 0.0 0.0
Resources Management in the OP5, OP7
Aral Sea Basin Project
Distribution Network ENE GI OP1, OP3, OP4, CWEN 2018 300.0 150.0 0.0 0.0 150.0 50.0 100.0d
Modernization Project OP5, OP6
Solar Public–Private Partnership ENE GI OP1, OP3, OP4, CWEN NA 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
Program (Phase 1) (Sherabad OP5, OP6
Solar PCG)
Small and Medium-Sized FIN GI OP1, OP2, OP5 CWPF 2019 100.0 34.0 66.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Enterprises Development
Program (PBL)
Financial Markets Development FIN GI OP1, OP2, OP6 CWPF 2019 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Program, subprogram 1 (PBL)
Integrated Perinatal Care Project HLT GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWSS 2020 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
OP5, OP6
Bukhara-Miskin–Urgench-Khiva TRA GI OP2, OP3, OP7 CWTC 2020 263.0 158.0 0.0 0.0 158.0 0.0 105.0e
Railway Electrification Project
Tashkent Province Sewerage WUS GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWUW 2018 178.0 178.0 0.0 0.0 178.0 0.0 0.0
Improvement Project OP5, OP6
Total 1,211.0 640.0 316.0 0.0 956.0 50.0 205.0
2021 Standby
Infrastructure for Rural ANR GI OP1, OP3, OP5 CWER 2020 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Productivity Enhancement
Project
Secondary Education Investment EDU GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWSS 2020 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0
in Science, Technology, OP5, OP6
Engineering, and Math Project
Gas Sector Reform Program, ENE GI OP1, OP2, OP4, CWEN 2021 200.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0d
subprogram 1 (PBL) OP5, OP6
Surkhandarya Regional Road TRA GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWTC 2019 180.0 180.0 0.0 0.0 180.0 0.0 0.0
Project OP7
Water Supply and Sanitation WUS GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWUW 2019 125.0 34.0 66.0 0.0 100.0 25.0 0.0
Sector Development Program OP4, OP6Appendix 3 7
Year Cost ($ million)
of ADB
Poverty Operational TRTA/ Regular ADF Co-
Project/Program Namea Sector Targeting Priority Division PRF Total OCRb COL Grants Total Gov’t finance
Integrated Urban Development WUS GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWUW 2019 200.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0d
Project OP4, OP6
Sustainable Urban Services WUS GI OP1, OP4, OP6 CWUW NA 15.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.0
Projects Readiness Facility
Total 870.0 329.0 316.0 0.0 645.0 25.0 200.0
2022 Firm
Infrastructure for Rural ANR GI OP1, OP3, OP5 CWER 2020 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Productivity Enhancement
Project
Secondary Education Investment EDU GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWSS 2020 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0
in Science, Technology, OP5, OP6
Engineering, and Math Project
Regional Energy Transmission ENE GI OP1, OP3, OP4, CWEN 2019 300.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 200.0 100.0 0.0
and Dispatch Enhancement OP5, OP6
Project
Solar Public–Private Partnership ENE GI OP1, OP3, OP4, CWEN NA 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
Program (Phase 2) (PCG) OP5, OP6
Gas Sector Reform Program, ENE GI OP1, OP2, OP4, CWEN 2021 200.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0d
subprogram 1 (PBL) OP5, OP6
Second Economic Management PSM GI OP2, OP6 CWPF 2019 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Improvement Program,
subprogram 1 (PBL)
Surkhandarya Regional Road TRA GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWTC 2019 180.0 180.0 0.0 0.0 180.0 0.0 0.0
Project OP7
Navoi–Bukhara Regional Road TRA GI OP1, OP3, OP7 CWTC 2021 235.0 132.0 0.0 0.0 132.0 0.0 103.0d
Development Project
Water Supply and Sanitation WUS GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWUW 2019 125.0 34.0 66.0 0.0 100.0 25.0 0.0
Sector Development Program OP4, OP6
Sustainable Urban Services WUS GI OP1, OP4, OP6 CWUW NA 15.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.0
Projects Readiness Facility
Integrated Urban Development WUS GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWUW 2019 200.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0d
Project OP4, OP6
Total 1,525.0 781.0 316.0 0.0 1,097.0 125.0 303.0
2022 Standby
Agro-logistical Infrastructure ANR GI OP1, OP3, OP5, CWER 2022 150.0 0.0 150.0 0.0 150.0 0.0 0.0
Expansion Project OP7
Livestock Feed and Fodder ANR GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWER 2021 120.0 0.0 120.0 0.0 120.0 0.0 0.0
Commercialization Project OP5
Power Sector Reform Program, ENE GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWEN 2021 300.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 200.0d
subprogram 2 (PBL) OP4, OP5, OP6,
OP78 Appendix 3
Year Cost ($ million)
of ADB
Poverty Operational TRTA/ Regular ADF Co-
Project/Program Namea Sector Targeting Priority Division PRF Total OCRb COL Grants Total Gov’t finance
Financial Markets Development FIN GI OP1, OP2, OP6 CWPF 2019 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Program, subprogram 2 (PBL)
Ferghana Water Supply and WUS GI OP1, OP2, OP4, CWUW 2021 140.0 70.0 0.0 0.0 70.0 0.0 70.0d
Sanitation Project OP6
Total 810.0 270.0 270.0 0.0 540.0 0.0 270.0
2023 Firm
Agro-logistical Infrastructure ANR GI OP1, OP3, OP5, CWER 2022 150.0 0.0 150.0 0.0 150.0 0.0 0.0
Expansion Project OP7
Livestock Feed and Fodder ANR GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWER 2021 120.0 0.0 120.0 0.0 120.0 0.0 0.0
Commercialization Project OP5
Secondary Education Investment EDU GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWSS 2022 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0
in Science, Technology, OP5, OP6
Engineering, and Math Project
(additional financing)
Distribution Network ENE GI OP1, OP3, OP4, CWEN 2022 250.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 50.0 100.0d
Modernization Project (Phase 2) OP5, OP6
(RBL)
Solar Public–Private Partnership ENE GI OP1, OP3, OP4, CWEN NA 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
Program (Phase 3) (PCG) OP5, OP6
Power Sector Reform Program, ENE GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWEN 2021 300.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 200.0d
subprogram 2 (PBL) OP4, OP5, OP6,
OP7
Mortgage Market Sector FIN GI OP4, OP6 CWPF 2022 200.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0d
Development Program
(additional financing) (SDP)
Financial Markets Development FIN GI OP1, OP2, OP6 CWPF 2019 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Program, subprogram 2 (PBL)
Guzar–Buhkara–Nukus–Beyneu TRA GI OP1, OP3, OP7 CWTC 2021 110.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 50.0d
Road Reconstruction Project
(54 km, 673-698 km, and 765
794 km sections)
Western Uzbekistan Railway TRA GI OP2, OP3, OP6, CWTC 2022 250.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 150.0d
Electrification Project (Phase 1) OP7
Ferghana Water Supply and WUS GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWUW 2021 140.0 70.0 0.0 0.0 70.0 0.0 70.0d
Sanitation Project OP4, OP6
Sustainable Solid Waste WUS GI OP1, OP3, OP6 CWUW 2021 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Management Project (Phase 2)
Total 1,790.0 750.0 320.0 0.0 1,070.0 50.0 670.0Appendix 3 9
Year Cost ($ million)
of ADB
Poverty Operational TRTA/ Regular ADF Co-
Project/Program Namea Sector Targeting Priority Division PRF Total OCRb COL Grants Total Gov’t finance
2023 Standby
Climate-Adaptive Water ANR GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWER 2023 150.0 0.0 150.0 0.0 150.0 0.0 0.0
Resources Management in the OP5, OP7
Aral Sea Basin Project (Phase
2)
Water Resources Management ANR GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWER 2023 150.0 150.0 0.0 0.0 150.0 0.0 0.0
Modernization Project OP5, OP7
Gas Sector Reform Program, ENE GI OP1, OP2, OP4, CWEN 2021 200.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0d
subprogram 2 (PBL) OP5, OP6
Solar Public–Private Partnership ENE GI OP1, OP3, OP4, CWEN NA 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
Program (Phase 4) (PCG) OP5, OP6
Almaty-Tashkent-Samarkand- TRA GI OP1, OP3, OP7 CWTC 2021 132.0 70.0 0.0 0.0 70.0 0.0 62.0d
Termez Road (44 km)
Reconstruction Projectf
Guzar-Buhkara-Nukus-Beyneu TRA GI OP1, OP3, OP7 CWTC 2022 184.0 184.0 0.0 0.0 184.0 0.0 0.0
Road Reconstruction Project
(92 km, 581–673 km section)
Integrated Urban Development WUS GI OP1, OP2, OP3, CWUW 2021 200.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0d
Project (Phase 2) (SDP) OP4, OP6
Total 1,036.0 624.0 150.0 0.0 774.0 0.0 262.0
ADB = Asian Development Bank; ADF = Asian Development Fund; ANR = agriculture, natural resources, and rural development; COL = concessional OCR lending; CWEN =
Energy Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWER = Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWPF = Public
Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWSS = Social Sector Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWTC = Transport
and Communications Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWUW = Urban Development and Water Division, Central and West Asia Department; EDU = education; ENE
= energy; FIN = finance; GI = general intervention; Gov’t = government; HLT = health; km = kilometer; NA. = not applicable; OCR = ordinary capital resources; OP1 = addressing
remaining poverty and reducing inequalities; OP2 = accelerating progress in gender equality; OP3 = tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and
enhancing environmental sustainability; OP4 = making cities more livable; OP5 = promoting rural development and food security; OP6 = strengthening governance and institutional
capacity; OP7 = fostering regional cooperation and integration; PBL = policy-based loan; PCG = partial credit guarantee; PRF = project readiness financing; PSM = public sector
management; RBL = results-based loan; SDP = sector development program; TRA = transport; TRTA = transaction technical assistance; WUS = water and other urban
infrastructure and services.
a Given the provisional nature of the indicative lending program; the composition of lending instruments in the actual loan delivery may change. Programmed PBLs are subject
to available resources and available headroom under the policy-based lending ceiling.
b To meet the excess demand in the regular OCR lending pipeline, other sources will be explored, including: (i) regular OCR resources allocated to the department that are
unutilized and (ii) external sources.
c An additional $3.0 million ADF grant will be financed from the ADF 13 thematic pool, for this project addressing climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
d Cofinancing sources to be determined.
e Cofinancing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
f The project scope is within the territory of Uzbekistan.
Source: Asian Development Bank estimates.10 Appendix 3
Table A3.2: Nonlending Products and Services, 2021–2023
Sources of Funding
ADB Others
Assistance Amount Amount Total
Assistance Name Sector Division Type Source ($’000) Source ($’000) ($’000)
2021
Enabling Environment for Public–Private ANR URM, CWER KSTA TASF 500.0 PRC Fund 500.0 1,000.0
Partnership in the Agriculture and Natural
Resources Sector
Energy Sector Reform Program ENE CWEN TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Supporting the Financial Markets Development FIN CWPF TRTA TASF 500.0 500.0
Program
Second Economic Management Improvement PSM CWPF TRTA TASF 500.0 TBD 500.0 1,000.0
Program, subprogram 1 (PBL)
Transformation of State-Owned Enterprise Banks FIN PSFI KSTA TASF 500.0 500.0
(additional financing) (nonsovereign)
Sustainable Debt Management FIN URM KSTA TASF 500.0 500.0
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development FIN CWPF TRTA TASF 150.0 150.0
Program
Effective Economic Management (additional PSM URM TRTA TASF 200.0 200.0
financing) (TA 9684-UZB)
Preparing Road Modernization Projects TRA CWTC F-TRTA TASF 1,200.0 TBD 1,200.0 2,400.0
Institutional Strengthening of State-Owned TRA URM, CWTC KSTA TASF 500.0 TBD 500.0 1,000.0
Enterprise Uzavtoyul in Road Management
Preparing Support for Urban Sector Projects WUS CWUW F-TRTA TASF 1,500.0 TBD 1,500.0 3,000.0
Total 6,850.0 4,200.0 11,050.0
2022
Preparing Agro-logistical Infrastructure Expansion ANR CWER TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Project
Preparing Livestock Feed and Fodder ANR CWER TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Commercialization Project
Preparing Secondary Education Investment in EDU CWSS TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Project (additional financing)
Preparing Distribution Network Modernization ENE CWEN TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Project (Phase 2) (RBL)
E-Mobility Pilot Program ENE CWEN KSTA TBD 1,000.0 1,000.0
Preparing Mortgage Market Sector Development FIN CWPF TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Program (Phase 2) (SDP)
Urban Governance and Resilience WUS CWUW KSTA TASF 500.0 500.0
Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Development WUS CWUW TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
ProgramAppendix 3 11
Sources of Funding
ADB Others
Assistance Amount Amount Total
Assistance Name Sector Division Type Source ($’000) Source ($’000) ($’000)
Preparing the Western Uzbekistan Railway TRA CWTC F-TRTA TASF 800.0 TBD 800.0 1,600.0
Electrification Project
Total 6,100.0 1,800.0 7,900.0
2023
Climate-Adaptive Water Resources Management in ANR CWER TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
the Aral Sea Basin Project (Phase 2) (SDP)
Water Resources Management Modernization ANR CWER TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
(SDP)
Secondary Education Investment in Science, EDU CWSS TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Technology, Engineering, and Math Project
(additional financing)
Preparing the Miskin–Nukus Railway Electrification TRA CWTC TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Project
Inclusive and Sustainable Growth Assessment PSM URM KSTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Ferghana Water Supply and Sanitation Project WUS CWUW TRTA TASF 500.0 500.0
Sustainable Solid Waste Management Project WUS CWUW TRTA TASF 225.0 225.0
(Phase 2)
Integrated Urban Development Project (Phase 2) WUS CWUW TRTA TASF 800.0 800.0
Total 5,525.0 5,525.0
ADB = Asian Development Bank; ANR = agriculture, natural resources, and rural development; CWEN = Energy Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWER
= Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWPF = Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division,
Central and West Asia Department; CWSS = Social Sector Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWTC = Transport and Communications Division, Central
and West Asia Department; CWUW = Urban Development and Water Division, Central and West Asia Department; EDU = education; ENE = energy; FIN = finance;
F-TRTA = transaction technical assistance facility; KSTA = knowledge and support technical assistance; PBL = policy-based loan; PRC Fund = People's Republic of
China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund; PSFI = Financial Institutions Division, Private Sector Operations Department; PSM = public sector
management; RBL = results-based loan; SDP = sector development program; TA = technical assistance; TASF = Technical Assistance Special Fund; TBD = to be
determined; TRA = transport; TRTA = transaction technical assistance; URM = Uzbekistan Resident Mission, Central and West Asia Department; UZB = Uzbekistan;
WUS = water and other urban infrastructure and services.
Source: Asian Development Bank estimates.12 Appendix 4
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
Table A4.1: Lending Products, 2020
Year Cost ($ million)
of ADB
Poverty Operational TRTA/ Regular ADF Co-
Project/Program Namea Sector Targeting Priority Division PRF Total OCR COL Grants Total Gov’t finance
Firm
Sardoba Emergency Response ANR GI OP2, OP5 CWER NA 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Project (EAL)
Skills Development for a Modern EDU GI OP1, OP6 CWSS 2017 200.0 36.0 64.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Economy Project
Sustainable Hydropower Project ENE GI OP1, OP5 CWEN 2016 75.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 60.0 15.0 0.0
Power Sector Reform Program, ENE GI OP1, OP2, CWEN 2019 364.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 164.0
subprogram 1 (PBL) OP3, OP4, (AFD)
OP5, OP6,
OP7
COVID-19 Active Response and PSM GI OP1, OP2, CWPF 2020 500.0 500.0 0.0 0.0 500.0 0.0 0.0
Expenditure Support Program OP5
(PBL)
COVID-19 Emergency Response HLT GI OP1 CWSS NA 200.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
Project (EAL) (AIIB)
Central Asia Regional Economic TRA GI OP1, OP7 CWTC 2018 274.0 248.0 26.0 0.0 274.0 0.0 0.0
Cooperation Corridor 2
Karakalpakstan Road Project
(A380 Kungrad to Daut-Ata
Section)
Central Asia Regional Economic TRA GI OP7 CWTC 2019 151.0 121.0 0.0 0.0 121.0 30.0 0.0
Cooperation Corridor 2 (Pap–
Namangan–Andijan) Railway
Electrification Project (additional
financing)
Sustainable Solid Waste WUS GI OP1, OP6 CWUW 2018 152.2 60.0 0.0 0.0 60.0 92.2 0.0
Management Project
Total 2,016.2 1,225.0 290.0 0.0 1,515.0 237.2 264.0Appendix 4 13
Year Cost ($ million)
of
Operational TRTA/
Priority PRF ADB
Poverty Regular ADF Co-
Project/Program Namea Sector Targeting Division Total OCR COL Grants Total Gov’t finance
Standby
Small and Medium-Sized FIN GI OP1, OP2, CWPF 2019 100.0 34.0 66.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Enterprises Development OP5
Program (PBL)
Financial Markets Development FIN GI OP1, OP6 CWPF 2019 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
Program, subprogram 1 (PBL)
Tashkent Province Sewerage WUS GI OP1, OP5, CWUW 2018 178.0 178.0 0.0 0.0 178.0 0.0 0.0
Improvement Project OP6
Bukhara–Miskin–Urgench–Khiva TRA GI OP3, OP7 CWTC 2020 263.0 158.0 0.0 0.0 158.0 0.0 105.0
Railway Electrification Project (AIIB)
Total 641.0 470.0 66.0 0.0 536.0 0.0 105.0
ADB = Asian Development Bank; ADF = Asian Development Fund; AFD = Agence Française de Développement (French Development Agency); AIIB = Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank; ANR = agriculture, natural resources, and rural development; COL = concessional OCR lending; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease; CWEN = Energy Division, Central and West
Asia Department; CWER = Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWPF = Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade
Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWSS = Social Sector Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWTC = Transport and Communications Division, Central and
West Asia Department; CWUW = Urban Development and Water Division, Central and West Asia Department; EAL = emergency assistance loan; EDU = education; ENE = energy;
FIN = finance; GI = general intervention; Gov’t = government; HLT = health; NA = not applicable; OCR = ordinary capital resources; OP1 = addressing remaining poverty and reducing
inequalities; OP2 = accelerating progress in gender equality; OP3 = tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability;
OP4 = making cities more livable; OP5 = promoting rural development and food security; OP6 = strengthening governance and institutional capacity; OP7 = fostering regional
cooperation and integration; PBL = policy-based loan; PRF = project readiness financing; PSM = public sector management; TRA = transport; TRTA = transaction technical
assistance; WUS = water and other urban infrastructure and services.
a Given the provisional nature of the indicative lending program, the composition of lending instruments in the actual loan delivery may change.
Source: Asian Development Bank estimates.14 Appendix 4
Table A4.2: Nonlending Products and Services, 2020
Sources of Funding
ADB Others
Assistance Amount Amount Total
Assistance Name Sector Division Type Source ($’000) Source ($’000) ($’000)
Economic Management Improvement FIN CWPF TRTA TASF 150.0 150.0
Program (additional financing) (TA 9538-
UZB)
Economic Management Improvement FIN CWPF TRTA TASF 500.0 500.0
Program (additional financing) (TA 9538-
UZB)
Assessment of Socioeconomic Impacts of PSM URM KSTA TASF 650.0 650.0
COVID-19 and Institutional Strengthening
for Policy Responses
Economic Management Improvement FIN CWPF TRTA TASF 300.0 300.0
Program (additional financing) (TA 9538-
UZB)
Secondary Education Investment in EDU CWSS TRTA TASF 500.0 500.0
Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math Project
Road Subsector Development Strategy and TRA CWTC KSTA EAKPF 500.0 1,000.0
Action Plan PRC Fund 500.0
Transformation of State-Owned Enterprise FIN/NSO URM/PSFI KSTA TASF 375.0 FSDPSF 375.0 750.0
Banks
Promoting Distributed Solar Photovoltaic for ENE CWEN KSTA TASF 300.0 CEF 1,000.0 1,300.0
Enhanced Access to Energy
Gas Sector Reform Program ENE CWEN TRTA TASF 300.0 300.0
Total 3,075.0 2,375.0 5,450.0
ADB = Asian Development Bank; CEF = Clean Energy Fund; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease; CWEN = Energy Division, Central and West Asia Department;
CWPF = Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWSS = Social Sector Division, Central and West Asia
Department; CWTC = Transport and Communications Division, Central and West Asia Department; EAKPF = e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund; EDU =
education; ENE = energy; FIN = finance; FSDPSF = Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund; KSTA = knowledge and support technical assistance;
NSO = nonsovereign operation; PRC Fund = People's Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund; PSFI = Financial Institutions Division,
Private Sector Operations Department; PSM = public sector management; TA = technical assistance; TASF = Technical Assistance Special Fund; TRA = transport;
TRTA = transaction technical assistance; URM = Uzbekistan Resident Mission, Central and West Asia Department; UZB = Uzbekistan.
Source: Asian Development Bank estimates.Appendix 5 15
INDICATIVE KNOWLEDGE PUBLICATIONS AND EVENTS
Table A5.1: Knowledge Publications and Events for 2021
Department or
Sector Group or Funding
Title of Publication or Event Subject Type Thematic Group Source
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2021 Economics Publication and documentation ERCD TA 9920-REG
Data for Development: National Accounts Administration Economics In-country training and ERCD TA 9356-UZB
workshop
Asian Development Outlook 2021, Asian Development Outlook Economics Publication and documentation ERCD TA for
Update, and its supplements approval
Enabling Environment for Public–Private Partnership in Agriculture and natural Publication and in-country URM, CWER TA for
Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector resources workshop approval
Sustainable Debt Management Economics, finance Publication and documentation URM, CWPF TA for
approval
Several publications and events organized in 2021 as part of Various Publication and documentation, CWRD TA 9556-REG
the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program Event organization TA 9776-REG
activities
Institutional Strengthening of State-Owned Enterprise Public sector Publication and documentation, URM, CWTC TA for
Uzavtoyul in Road Management management, transport Event organization approval
Total number of publications = 6
Total number of events = 4
CWER = Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWPF = Public Management, Financial Sector, and
Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWTC = Transport and Communications Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWRD = Central and
West Asia Department; ERCD = Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department; REG = regional; TA = technical assistance URM = Uzbekistan
Resident Mission, Central and West Asia Department; UZB = Uzbekistan.
Note: “Publications” may include databases, multimedia, and other forms of documentation. “Events” may include event organization and training or capacity
development.
Source: Asian Development Bank.16 Appendix 5
Table A5.2: Additional Knowledge Publications and Events Delivered in 2020
Department or
Sector Group
or Thematic Funding
Title of Publication or Event Subject Type Group Source
Uzbekistan: Road Sector Development Strategy Public sector Publication and documentation CWTC TA 9987-UZB
management, transport
Scoping Study on Assessment of Uzbekistan’s Potential Economics, regional Publication and documentation, URM TA 9905-UZB
Accession to the EEU cooperation and event organization
integration
Preliminary Analysis of Impact of Accession to the EEU on Economics, regional Publication and documentation, URM TA 9905-UZB
Uzbekistan’s Trade Flows cooperation and event organization
integration
Skills Development Sector Assessment Education management Publication and documentation CWSS TA 9727-UZB
Uzbekistan: Capital Markets Development Strategy Public sector Publication and documentation CWPF TA 9770-UZB
management, finance
Total number of publications = 5
Total number of events = 2
CWPF = Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWSS = Social Sector Division, Central and West Asia
Department; CWTC = Transport and Communications Division, Central and West Asia Department; EEU = Eurasian Economic Union; TA = technical assistance;
URM = Uzbekistan Resident Mission, Central and West Asia Department; UZB = Uzbekistan.
Note: “Publications” may include databases, multimedia, and other forms of documentation. “Events” may include event organization and training or capacity
development.
Source: Asian Development Bank.Appendix 5 17
Table A5.3: Innovation, Advanced Technology, and Pilot Initiatives to be Implemented in 2021
Item Nature Project Number Sector or Theme Division
Application of ICT in asset operation and in waste TCH, PLT 51034-002 WUS CWUW
management
Promotion of hybrid-engine trucks to be used for waste TCH, PLT 51034-002 WUS CWUW
collection to minimize carbon emissions and improve air
qualitya
Development of heath management information system, TCH 52340-002 HLT CWSS
integration of electronic medical records into national
health management information system
Implementation of weigh-in-motion, and intelligent transport ICT, TCH 48414-006 TRA CWTC
systems
Installation of signaling, telecommunications, and video ICT, TCH 48025-004 TRA CWTC
surveillance systems
Centralized train control and management system ICT, TCH 48025-004 TRA CWTC
Automated train ticketing system ICT, TCH 53271-001 TRA CWTC
Total number of innovation, advanced technology, and pilot initiatives = 7
CWSS = Social Sector Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWTC = Transport and Communications Division, Central and West Asia Department; CWUW
= Urban Development and Water Division, Central and West Asia Department; HLT = health; ICT = information and communication technology, PLT = pilot initiative;
TCH = advanced technology; TRA = transport; WUS = water and other urban infrastructure and services.
a A hybrid-engine truck is a form of truck that uses hybrid electric vehicle technology for propulsion, instead of using only a combustion engine. It is one of the priority
development trends being explored for waste collection trucks.
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