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Business Daily: Opening up Uzbekistan: Part 1

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06/03/2023 GMT

Opening up Uzbekistan: Part 1

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Opening up Uzbekistan: Part 1

How increasing tourism and private investment is helping the Uzbek economy grow.

Uzbekistan is opening up for business after being closed to the outside world for 30 years. Find out how increasing tourism and private investment is helping the economy grow.

BBC journalist Rayhan Demytrie is from Uzbekistan and was recently invited back to her country to explore how after almost 30 years the government is opening up the country and it's economy. 

In part one of this two part Business Daily special Rayhan hears how tourists are encouraging business growth in the famous Silk Road city of Samarkand. In an interview with  the Uzbek deputy finance minister, Odilbek Isakov, Rayhan asks about selling and privatising state owed assets like a Coca-Cola bottling plant and whether doing this is profitable for the country.  

We also hear how important ties with Russia are in Uzbekistan and how a very cold winter has put pressure on energy supplies and the economic revival of this former Soviet country. 

Presenter / producer: Rayhan Demytrie
Image: Mosque in Samarkand: Credit: Getty Images

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